Nipsey Hussle's Connection to NBA Culture, the Lakers, Kobe, Los Angeles, and more: Guest Justin Tinsley

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🗓️ 24 August 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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When rapper and native Angeleno Nipsey Hussle was murdered on March 31, 2019, his death didn't just send shock waves throughout Los Angeles and the world of music. It was taken especially hard in the NBA community. Countless players shared thoughts and condolences before and after games, or via social media. The Lakers and Clippers as organizations offered tributes. Nipsey was more than just a musical genius to NBA athletes. He was an innovative philanthropist, businessman and truth teller who'd achieved iconic status at a young age in a very short amount of time. More than two years after his death, Nipsey's absence remains pronounced in basketball circles. To discuss why Nipsey had such a profound effect on the NBA and Los Angeles, Andy Kamenetzky welcomed Justin Tinsley, Senior Culture and Sports Writer at The Undefeated, who helped create "The King of Crenshaw," a multi-episode series for ESPN's 30 for 30 Podcasts. DeMar DeRozan, DeMarcus Cousins and Isaiah Thomas are among the NBA voices reflecting on Nipsey's influence and resonance. Andy and Justin discuss topics ranging from the rapper's love of basketball, how growing up in Los Angeles shaped him, and the commonalities between Nipsey and Kobe Bryant. Host: Andy Kamenetzky SEGMENT 1: Andy and Justin discuss Nipsey's love of basketball (including a scouting report of him on the court!), and what made Nipsey's life so compelling. SEGMENT 2: Andy and Justin discuss what Nipsey mean to NBA players, and what Los Angeles meant to Nipsey. SEGMENT 3: Andy and Justin discuss the similarities Nipsey and Kobe share as Los Angeles icons, and what his musical influence might be generations from now. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! SweatBlock Get it today for 20% off at SweatBlock.com with promo code LockedOn, or at Amazon and CVS. Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline AG There is only 1 place that has you covered and 1 place we trust. Betonline.ag! Sign up today for a free account at betonline.ag and use that promocode: LOCKEDON for your 50% welcome bonus. Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:10.0	You are Lockdown Lakers, your daily Los Angeles Lakers Podcast, part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:30.0	Hey, this is Andy Kimininski, co-host of the Lockdown Lakers Podcast.
0:38.0	I want to let you know right off the top that today's show brought to you by Rock Auto, amazing selection, reliably low prices.
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0:48.0	Tell them locked on, sent you really excited to bring on today's guest Justin Tinsley, whose work I've really enjoyed and admired for a long time.
0:56.0	He's a senior culture and sports writer at ESPN's The Undefeated, one of the best out there in this space.
1:02.0	And he is the host and writer and part of a great new project, the King of Crenshaw, an audio documentary podcast series, part of ESPN's 30 for 30 podcast series with The Undefeated.
1:13.0	The first episode dropped yesterday, Monday, Part 2 comes out today.
1:18.0	There's going to be episodes all week.
1:20.0	Really happy to have him here, Justin. How are you, man?
1:23.0	I'm doing great, man. And thank you for having me on. It's been a long time coming, right?
1:27.0	Yeah, it's been a while, man. It's definitely been a while.
1:31.0	There's a lot to get into this with Nipsey in terms of basketball, in terms of LA, just his influence on culture.
1:39.0	But just to begin, what prompted you to get involved with this project and spearhead?
1:45.0	Yeah, I know you've written a lot about Nipsey in general, but just what was it about his relationship with basketball,
1:52.0	the NBA, his life in general, you just found so compelling?
1:55.0	Well, and I get into it a little bit on the podcast. You hear a little bit about this in episode one.
2:01.0	But one of my really good friends, one of my best friends in the whole world, his name is Brian Robinson.
2:05.0	And we went to college together at Hampton University in Virginia, and we stayed right next door to each other.
2:11.0	And so we were, we found out we were big music fans, and he would always come over to my dorm to like listen to my dorm room rather.
2:19.0	And listen to the new music that I would download.
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