The 2019 BET Awards paid tribute to Nipsey Hussle by honoring the late rapper with its Humanitarian Award and a star-studded musical tribute. Heading into the ceremony, the stars walked a blue carpet in his memory.
Near the end of Sunday night’s nearly four-hour show at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, rapper T.I. introduced Hussle’s family. The slain rapper’s fiancée, actress Lauren London, his parents, grandmother and his children accepted the Humanitarian Award on Hussle’s behalf.
“The Marathon Continues,” London said, making reference to the title of Hussle’s 2011 mixtape.
With tears in her eyes, Hussle’s mother, Angelique Smith, who referred to him by his birth name, Ermias Asghedom, recalled visiting the scene in South Los Angeles, outside her son’s Marathon Clothing store where he was fatally shot on March 31.
She said she asked a police officer at the crime scene what happened and he said,...
Near the end of Sunday night’s nearly four-hour show at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, rapper T.I. introduced Hussle’s family. The slain rapper’s fiancée, actress Lauren London, his parents, grandmother and his children accepted the Humanitarian Award on Hussle’s behalf.
“The Marathon Continues,” London said, making reference to the title of Hussle’s 2011 mixtape.
With tears in her eyes, Hussle’s mother, Angelique Smith, who referred to him by his birth name, Ermias Asghedom, recalled visiting the scene in South Los Angeles, outside her son’s Marathon Clothing store where he was fatally shot on March 31.
She said she asked a police officer at the crime scene what happened and he said,...
- 6/24/2019
- by Anita Bennett
- Deadline Film + TV
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