have equal passion for making sure that when the music stops, the thing keeps going.”Seven weeks later, Nipsey Hussle was gunned down in front of The Marathon. All told, Nipsey Hussle earned $11 million in the past 12 months, a bigger annual haul than in any year he was alive. Large swaths of South L.A. fall into that category, prompting Gross and Nipsey Hussle to explore the idea of “buying back the block” on a grand scale. Nipsey Hussle’s death moved back the timeline on the fund just as it’s currently delaying his dreams for the strip mall. For more on the business of hip-hop, read my book 3 Kings: Diddy, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, And Hip-Hop’s Multibillion-Dollar Rise.

Source: Forbes October 30, 2019 09:56 UTC