There’s this thing that happens when a person dies, especially when that person is famous and the death is unexpected. “The marathon continues!”The larger-than-life images of Kobe and Nipsey hovered over the crowd like angels in the clouds — Kobe, looking confident in a Lakers uniform, and Nipsey looking serene with his hair braided in his trademark cornrows. “You’re not worried about any of that, you’re just focused on being in the moment. Both Nipsey and Kobe spent the bulk of their adult lives doing just that. But those who think of Kobe and Nipsey as mere angels or saints are selling both men short.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 27, 2020 16:07 UTC