5 things to know about Nipsey Hussle

The life of rapper Nipsey Hussle will be celebrated Thursday in a massive event at Staples Center and a procession through the South L.A. neighborhoods where he grew up.
Here’s five things to know about the rapper turned businessman and philanthropist.
He grew up in Crenshaw. He also never left.
Hussle was born Ermias Joseph Asghedom. He and his two siblings grew up in Crenshaw, the South L.A. neighborhood with Crenshaw Boulevard and Slauson Avenue as its main arteries. He attended Hamilto