Street art of Nipsey Hussle in LA breathes life into legacy

Some show the rapper gazing into the sky or bowing his head. One has him standing with angel wings. Others include inspiring quotes. The street artists who created the work said they want his legacy to grow and his entrepreneurial spirit to live on.

"As a muralist, my philosophy is that we can do our part today with what we have now," Ponce said. "In my case, I'm a painter and paint in the streets. Nipsey was able to give it on a greater scale. He went out of his way to help the community. For me, that's motivation and inspiration. So I had to get my paint on the walls right away after hearing the sad news."

After he passed away, Hussle's peers, from Jay-Z to Snoop Dogg, along with political and community leaders, were quick and effusive in their praise using words. For Ponce and others, paint was how they paid homage. Ansom said he felt the urge to push forward the initiative to create a basketball court mural in honour of Hussle as a "thank you" to the rapper who he says was "starting to reach his peak." He and his partner, Michael McLeod, drove around South Los Angeles looking for possible schools before Crete Academy founder-principal Hattie Mitchell agreed to embrace the idea.

"He used to host charity games at Crenshaw High School," he said. "He was always around the game. is hip-hop, basketball and art all in one."

this is such a senseless loss to a lot of people.

The art EVERYWHERE in the area of NipseyHussle is AMAZING. I visited last week and was so impressed to see all the street art in and around the area. 💙

YOUVIEWIT This is amazing 🙏🏾✊🏾 salute to the artist who did this mural

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