THE KING OF CRENSHAW Episode 1: To Live and Die in LA

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4.5 • 9.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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When Nipsey Hussle was murdered on March 31, 2019 in front of his South LA clothing store, the tragedy elicited immediate tributes across industries, walks of life, and international borders. One world in particular where the news resonated on a personal level — the NBA, where Hussle had long, deep and authentic ties. For the host Justin Tinsley and many young Black men in the league, like DeMar DeRozan, Isaiah Thomas, and Demarcus Cousins, Nipsey was far more than a rapper who wrote the score to their lives. Hip hop has always been woven with basketball in one way or another, but why was this particular connection so deep? What was it about Nipsey Hussle that made him so much more than a friend, but rather an inspiration and beacon of light they carry with them for the rest of their lives? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I was with the Golden State Warriors at the time.
0:12.0	I remember getting dressed on the way to the game.
0:16.6	I put on Blue Laces 2, put it on repeat.
0:21.2	Nothing in mind, I just threw on nilp on the way to the game.
0:24.3	That's one of my favorite songs I never played.
0:26.4	I'm on the way to the game.
0:28.4	It was March 31st, 2019, and DeMarcus Cousins was on his way to Oracle Arena in Oakland,
0:34.4	California.
0:35.4	His team, the Golden State Warriors, was taken on the Charlotte Hornets.
0:40.2	I pull up to the arena.
0:41.2	I get a phone call from one of my best friends who actually grew up with nilp.
0:47.2	So he called me like, and they killed him.
0:50.8	I'm like, what?
0:51.8	Like, what are you talking about?
0:53.6	A kill, who?
0:55.4	Because I'm trying to understand when my homie is saying on the phone, Andre, the dollar
0:58.8	rolls up to him.
0:59.8	Like, man, they didn't kill nilp.
1:01.6	And I'm just like, whoa, whoa, what?
1:05.4	Two-time All-Star Isaiah Thomas was in Colorado, warming up for the Denver Nuggets.
1:10.6	I remember just getting down with my little pre-game workout.
1:13.6	I get back to the locker room.
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