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THE KING OF CRENSHAW Episode 2: Where You From?

30 for 30 Podcasts

ESPN

Sports

4.59.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Nipsey Hussle is a Los Angeles icon, but what’s the story behind that? Before the fame, he was Ermias Asghedom, a young kid coming of age in the South Crenshaw district. Life in South LA was beautiful, but it wasn’t for the weak of heart either. This episode is a look into the world that raised, bruised, and ultimately made Nipsey Hussle the man he became. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Once an hour you were gonna hear Hustle in the House on our radio station.

0:22.9

Debbie Brown and her colleagues at KD loved Hustle in the House.

0:28.8

So much so that they handcut a clean edit so they could play it on air.

0:34.3

The 2008 banger was a call back to the classic LA Gangsta rap day of the late 80s and 90s.

0:41.2

But now, Nipsey was the charismatic tour guide for this new generation.

0:45.8

This is the first time Nip had been on the radio and had saturation on the radio and the

0:50.4

record was doing well.

0:53.1

People loved this song.

0:56.7

During his song blasting on the airwaves and his hometown was a major moment for 23

1:02.2

year old Nipsey Hustle.

1:04.4

And I remember he was so excited.

1:07.0

He used to just call me like, yo, how's the song doing?

1:10.1

Yo, we getting requests?

1:11.9

Like he was so pumped to be able to turn it on and hear himself.

1:17.4

There was one problem though.

1:20.7

Debbie and her colleagues didn't realize there were so many references to the Rolling 60s

1:35.3

on the airwaves.

1:51.9

Blue Rag, Shat, yeah, that's the Rolling 60s reference.

1:56.1

I'm turned it up because I grew up in the 60s.

1:59.5

Another reference to the game.

2:01.8

You see, Nipsey was a member of the Rolling 60s.

2:04.9

He was rapping about what he knew.

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