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Rapper Nipsey Hussle attends an NBA basketball game between the Golden State Warriors and the Milwaukee Bucks in Oakland, Calif., March 29, 2018. Eric R. Holder Jr., who was convicted last year of fatally shooting Hussle in 2019, is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, in a Los Angeles courtroom. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Rapper Nipsey Hussle’s convicted killer to be sentenced

By Andrew Dalton - Associated Press

Defendant Eric Holder listens during opening statements in his murder trial, Wednesday, June 15, 2022, at Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles. Holder, 32, faces one count of first degree-murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder for the killing the Grammy Award-winning rapper Nipsey Hussle outside his clothing store three years ago. (Frederick M. Brown/Daily Mail.com via AP, Pool)

Jury finds man guilty of murder of rapper Nipsey Hussle

By Andrew Dalton - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 29, 2018, file photo, rapper Nipsey Hussle watches an NBA basketball game between the Golden State Warriors and the Milwaukee Bucks in Oakland, Calif. Hussle, 33, was shot and killed outside his Los Angeles clothing store on March 31, 2019. A year after Hussle's death, his popularity and influence are as strong as ever. He won two posthumous Grammys in January, he remains a favorite of his hip-hop peers and his death has reshaped his hometown of Los Angeles in some unexpected ways. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

How a chance reunion led to Nipsey Hussle’s death

By ANDREW DALTON - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 17, 2019 file photo, mural artist Gustavo Zermeno Jr. walks on a basketball court mural he dedicated to slain rapper Nipsey Hussle in Los Angeles. Hussle, 33, was shot and killed outside his Los Angeles clothing store on March 31, 2019. A year after Hussle's death, his popularity and influence are as strong as ever. He won two posthumous Grammys in January, he remains a favorite of his hip-hop peers and his death has reshaped his hometown of Los Angeles in some unexpected ways. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Nipsey Hussle’s legacy endures a year after his death

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. - Associated Press

CORRECTS NAME OF CO-WORKING SPACE TO VECTOR90 INSTEAD OF VETCOR90 - Democratic presidential candidate and South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, right, listens to &quot;Dream Hustle Code&quot; students visiting from Chicago, at Vector90, the workspace created by the late Nipsey Hussle, in Los Angeles, Thursday, July 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Buttigieg: Students should speak out on bias, faults Trump

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD - Associated Press

FILE - This March 29, 2018 file photo shows rapper Nipsey Hussle at an NBA basketball game between the Golden State Warriors and the Milwaukee Bucks in Oakland, Calif. Court documents show that Hussle and the man charged with killing him had a conversation about “snitching” shortly before Hussle was shot. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

LAPD opens internal affairs inquiry in Nipsey Hussle case

By STEFANIE DAZIO and ANDREW DALTON - Associated Press

FILE - This March 29, 2018 file photo shows rapper Nipsey Hussle at an NBA basketball game between the Golden State Warriors and the Milwaukee Bucks in Oakland, Calif. A Los Angeles judge has ruled that grand jury transcripts in the killing of rapper Nipsey Hussle will remain sealed, for now. Superior Court Judge Robert J. Perry in a hearing Wednesday, June 5, 2019, ordered that the documents will remain sealed for at least three more weeks while defendant Eric Ronald Holder’s lawyer expands her argument that they should be kept secret. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Judge says Nipsey Hussle documents will stay sealed for now

By ANDREW DALTON - Associated Press

Man indicted in fatal shooting of rapper Nipsey Hussle

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APNewsBreak: Cardi B tops BET noms, Nipsey Hussle up for 1

By MESFIN FEKADU - Associated Press

In this April 17, 2019 photo, mural artist Gustavo Zermeno Jr. poses for photos on a basketball court mural he dedicated to slain rapper Nipsey Hussle in Los Angeles. More than 50 colorful murals of Hussle have popped up in Los Angeles since the beloved rapper and community activist was gunned down outside his clothing store. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Street art of Nipsey Hussle in LA breathes life into legacy

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. - Associated Press

Two men hug as a hearse carrying the casket of slain rapper Nipsey Hussle passes through the crowd Thursday, April 11, 2019, in Los Angeles. The 25-mile procession traveled through the streets of South Los Angeles after his memorial service, including a trip past Hussle's clothing store, The Marathon, where he was gunned down March 31. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

The Latest: Rapper Nipsey Hussle laid to rest at LA cemetery

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People watch as a hearse carrying the casket of slain rapper Nipsey Hussle passes Hussle's clothing store The Marathon, Thursday, April 11, 2019, in Los Angeles. Hussle’s casket, draped in the flag of his father’s native country, Eritrea in East Africa, embarked on a 25-mile tour of the city after his memorial service, drawing thousands to the streets to catch a glimpse of the recently-anointed hometown hero. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Memorial spotlights the man behind Nipsey Hussle rap persona

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. - Associated Press

An armored vehicle belonging to the late rapper Nipsey Hussle, whose given name was Ermias Asghedom, appears at the Celebration of Life memorial service on Thursday, April 11, 2019, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Nipsey Hussle, a hometown hero, immortalized at memorial

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. and MESFIN FEKADU - Associated Press

Artist Gift Davis works on a portrait of rapper Nipsey Hussle as fans wait in line to attend a public memorial at Staples Center in Los Angeles, Thursday, April 11, 2019. Hussle was killed in a shooting outside his Marathon Clothing store in south Los Angeles on March 31. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

The Latest: Nipsey Hussle procession ends at funeral home

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Haitian-French actor Jimmy Jean-Louis and his daughter Jasmin, 16, gather around candles set up across from the clothing store of rapper Nipsey Hussle in Los Angeles, on Sunday, March 31, 2019. Hussle, the skilled and respected West Coast rapper who had a decade-long success with mixtapes but hit new heights with his Grammy-nominated major-label debut album in 2018, was killed at the age of 33. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Court papers confirm shooting during vigil for slain rapper

By ANDREW DALTON - Associated Press

FILE - This March 29, 2018 file photo shows rapper Nipsey Hussle at an NBA basketball game between the Golden State Warriors and the Milwaukee Bucks in Oakland, Calif. Hussle was shot and killed Sunday, March 31, 2019 outside of his clothing store in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Man charged with killing Nipsey Hussle pleads not guilty

By ANDREW DALTON - Associated Press

FILE - This March 29, 2018 file photo shows rapper Nipsey Hussle at an NBA basketball game between the Golden State Warriors and the Milwaukee Bucks in Oakland, Calif. Hussle was shot and killed Sunday, March 31, 2019 outside of his clothing store in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

The Latest: Man pleads not guilty to killing Nipsey Hussle

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FILE - This March 29, 2018 file photo shows rapper Nipsey Hussle at an NBA basketball game between the Golden State Warriors and the Milwaukee Bucks in Oakland, Calif. Hussle was shot and killed Sunday, March 31, 2019 outside of his clothing store in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

After death, Nipsey Hussle’s sales and streams soar

By MESFIN FEKADU - Associated Press

Fans of rapper Nipsey Hussle mourn at a makeshift memorial in the parking lot of The Marathon Clothing store in Los Angeles, Monday, April 1, 2019. Hussle was killed in a shooting outside the store on Sunday. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Manhunt over, focus in Nipsey Hussle case shifts to court

By ANDREW DALTON - Associated Press