Shooting at the Marathon Store, Nipsey Hussle shot, 1 dead, 2 injured

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"Multiple sources tell us the rapper was gunned down Sunday in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, south of the Crenshaw area. We're told he was at his clothing company called the Marathon Store. He opened the place back in 2017.

His condition is unknown at this point, but eyewitnesses say they heard multiple shots fired. Police and paramedics have swarmed the area and taped off the crime scene.

Even crazier ... Nipsey appears to have tweeted right before the shooting, and alluded to "enemies." He wrote, "Having strong enemies is a blessing."

Nipsey -- who's from the Crenshaw area of LA -- is said to have ties to the Crips. That hasn't stopped him from working with artists who have rival gang affiliations ... he's made music with both YG and The Game -- both of whom have been tied to Bloods.

He's released multiple mixtapes over the course of his 10-plus year career but just dropped his first studio album last year. It's called "Victory Lap" ... which got him a Grammy nod for Best Rap Album just a month ago. Nipsey lost out to Cardi B at the award show.

Nipsey's got four mixtapes under his belt dating back to 2005. He dropped 10 projects independently before releasing his debut album, which was distributed through his own record label, All Money In, and Atlantic Records.

Despite being a polished rapper, Nipsey was no stranger to the streets. He got roped into a brawl out in West Hollywood back in December of 2018 ... which turned out to be a case of mistaken identity.

This isn't the first time trouble has descended onto Nipsey's store either. Gunfire erupted there back in September of 2018, but no one was shot then. Nipsey was not at the store that time."

I don't know who this person is, but I hope he makes full recovery.

Well, it's just been confirmed that he was the one who was killed in the shooting.

R.I.P, surprised he got killed given that he was pretty famous in the rap game and has been around for a while (most rappers who get killed usually get killed earlier on in their career when they are more local/regional).

I wonder if the gunman is going to get caught, because it seems like every time a big name rapper gets killed the killer is never caught.

QuestionMark wrote:

I wonder if the gunman is going to get caught, because it seems like every time a big name rapper gets killed the killer is never caught.

Except for XXXTentacion. Now that we're more modern than when Tupac and Biggie were around I'm sure he'll probably be caught.

TMZ has just released surveillance video of the shooting.

Now there are multiple people injured at the Nipsey Hussle vigil because they thought they heard gunshots. God damn.