THE KING OF CRENSHAW Episode 4: Neighborhood Nip

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🗓️ 23 August 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Nipsey traveled across the world, but all of his love and loyalty funneled back to the community that raised him. With the corner of Crenshaw Boulevard and Slauson Avenue as his headquarters, this episode looks at Nipsey’s devout local commitment — and how that played out in the worlds of business, philanthropy and social justice as many young Black men in the NBA began to actively engage in those areas as well. In death, Nipsey left a blueprint for this friends to follow, and through them, Nipsey’s prophetic mantra, ‘The Marathon Continues’ will do just that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	How you feeling today, Nip?
0:05.0	June 17, 2017 was a monumental day in South L.A. history.
0:10.0	The corner of Crenshaw in Slauson was packed.
0:14.0	Singers, adults, kids, babies spilled out on the streets and anticipation.
0:21.0	The entire community was out there.
0:24.0	The love and the building that day was like, thorough roof.
0:27.0	It was just dope to see that.
0:29.0	It wasn't just the neighborhood that turned out to support Nipson.
0:32.0	Some of his friends in the NBA pulled up too, like the Marcus Cousins.
0:36.0	It felt like the entire community was proud of Nip.
0:40.0	Like, this was a huge stepping stone.
0:42.0	Not only was it benefiting him, but it benefited the same exact area that he grew up in, which was everybody that was there.
0:50.0	They probably didn't see that crazy at the time.
0:53.0	We didn't act in crazy.
0:56.0	They were all there for the grand opening of the Marathon store, a project more than a decade in the making.
1:02.0	A store that bore the name of Nipson's personal philosophy, and that exemplified his belief in the power of never giving up.
1:09.0	It just felt hopeful and victorious.
1:12.0	Marquise Harris Dawson is the council member for the district that includes Crenshaw.
1:17.0	The hood came out, the elected officials came out, everybody was there to celebrate.
1:22.0	It's the only time I've closed a major street in my district we close slasin' and nobody complained.
1:29.0	How did you get up at the one night we got to the store?
1:33.0	As Nipson prepared to cut the ribbon and open the doors to the marathon for the first time, he was visibly excited, beaming ear to ear.
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