Interview: Nipsey Hussle Talks African Roots, Snoop Dogg Co-Sign, and Rappers Reppin’ Gangs

Interview By Toshitaka Kondo


The influx of new rap talent over the last couple of years might have you thinking every new rapper is a tight jeans-wearing hipster. Luckily for those of you that just want some gangsta shit, there’s Ermias “Nipsey Hussle” Asghedom, who, as anyone that’s peeped the video for “Hussle In The House” knows, is a Rollin 60s Crip. However, even while embracing the uglier aspects of growing up in Los Angeles,