Nipsey Hussle’s murder sparks an extraordinary truce between Los Angeles gangs as rival members gather together to march for peace in slain rapper’s Crenshaw neighborhood
- Gangs from all over the city of Los Angeles came together in a peaceful vigil for the slain Nipsey Hussle after leaders worked on a general truce this week
- Gang members met in the Crenshaw neighborhood of Los Angeles and marched to The Marathon Clothing store where the rapper was gunned down
- The unity rally was unlike anything seen between Los Angeles street gangs since 1992 and organizers look to build on the vigil to build a lasting peace
- Hussle was shot in a likely personal dispute allegedly by Eric Holder, 29, who appeared in court this week after being arrested for the murder on Wednesday
The violence of rapper Nipsey Hussle’s death inspired an outbreak of peace as gangs from all over the city of Los Angeles declared a truce as they gathered together to pay tribute to the slain star.
According to TMZ, the Friday afternoon march was organized by leaders from gangs in Watts, Compton, L.A. and Inglewood who discussed a cease-fire on Thursday.
The rally began in at a grocery store in the Crenshaw neighborhood and moved toward Hussle’s The Marathon Clothing store where he was shot on Sunday and a makeshift memorial has been left by mourners.
In a video posted to Instagram by Los Angeles radio personality Big Boy, the silent marchers in all of their various colors walked down West Slauson Avenue arriving at the site of Nipsey’s store.
A photo of the congregation of multiple gangs posted on BigU1’s Instagram captioned ‘For #NIPSEYHUSSLE we Will UNITE……..’
Grammy-nominated rap star Nipsey Hussle was gunned down on Sunday outside of a clothing store he owned in Los Angeles prompting a gathering of street gangs in Los Angeles to march peacefully in tribute to him
Prior to the march, community organizer BigU1 posted to social media requesting gangs ‘please come with the right heart’ and that each gang would be responsible for their own members.
‘The overall goal is to establish a structure that can go on further,’ BigU1 said regarding plans following the rally. ‘We have this, but then we want to start having satellite sitdowns with different gangs.’
The memorial vigil that was restricted to members of Los Angeles gangs showed a general peace unlike anything seen since 1992, according to TMZ, and largely continued a trend in decreasing gang violence overall.
However, the shooting of Nipsey Hussle, considered to be a personal dispute rather than gang-related, still prompted the leaders of the Bloods, Crips and others to organize the truce over the week.
Members of various street gangs in Los Angeles marched to the site of Nipsey Hussle’s murder to come together in peace and honor the slain rapper’s memory at the make
Photo of marchers at the gangs-only vigil for Nipsey Hussle celebrated the peace with each other even as they mourned the slain rapper
‘This was tragic in the fact that they’re calling it gang-related when it’s kinda more hate, more hate-related, than gang-related,’ the community organizer said.
Hussle, whose real name was Ermias Asghedom, was shot multiple times on March 31 outside his Marathon Clothing store.
Two other people, the friend he was helping get clothes after getting out of prison and the friend’s nephew, were also wounded in the shooting.
Eric Holder, the suspect in the killing of rapper Nipsey Hussle is seen in Los Angeles County Superior Court with his attorney Christopher Darden, left, Thursday, April 4
Eric Holder Jr, 29, accused of Nipsey Hussle’s murder, pleaded not guilty on Thursday and had his bail set at $5 million.
He was represented by his defense attorney Chris Darden, a member of the prosecution team at O.J. Simpson’s 1995 murder trial.
Holder was arrested on Wednesday, and has been reportedly held in solitary confinement since.