re: Rapper Nipsey Hussle shot and killed in LA.

What have I posted that is incorrect?

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Rapper Nipsey Hussle shot and killed in LA.

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Awe

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We have a rapper or aspiring one get murdered fairly often in BR. I just shrug and figure that they were living the lifestyle that they glorify in their music.

I don't wish death on any of them but their career choice certainly isn't one that typically leads to a long life expectancy.

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I’d like to watch a documentary/series about aspiring rappers. How many are there? How many make it and how many are murdered? What’s the real lifestyle? How many actively participate in gangs/crime as opposed to just pretending for their musics sake. Why are there so many aspiring rappers in the news and not aspiring doctors, bankers, etc.? Are these guys in the studio everyday or are they just living life and rap as a hobby?

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This man had a family and regardless of what you think of his music or whatever, have some respect. These comments are awful BTW I am not referring to the OP, just the hateful comments in general

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Respect? None of the comments that I have read have attacked his family, so that’s a non-starter. The man himself and the BALANCE of the life he led is absolutely open for debate; last time I checked we are a free society? How about he should have respected the mores of decent society, how about that? I don’t seem to hear an awful lot about country or classical music artists being violently gunned down hmmm go figure.

The more that people advocate against and frown upon the kind of lifestyle he led and associated with, the better in my opinion. Someone has to be the adult and set forth positive role-modeling for children, and it sure as shite wasn’t him. He still glorified a violent lifestyle and building some basketball courts and advocating in his community doesn’t cancel that out.

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The more that people advocate against and frown upon the kind of lifestyle he led and associated with, the better in my opinion. Someone has to be the adult and set forth positive role-modeling for children, and it sure as shite wasn’t him. He still glorified a violent lifestyle and building some basketball courts and advocating in his community doesn’t cancel that out.

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You speak a lot about the power of purpose and intention — Describe your mission and the impact you aspire to make on the culture? 

Nipsey Hussle: At the core, one of my original goals is to redefine what the streets expect, and amplify the pressure we put on these young people once they step into decision-making mode. There was a level of ignorance and self-destructiveness in the narrative that was pushed on us through music in our generation. I see how damaging that was, for myself included, and we’re all subject to the social pressure. I wasn’t above it. Each of us are impacted by what’s going on around us. For me, understanding the platform I have and who it speaks to, it’s about being strategic. We can’t stand on the corner with the bull horn and preach, that isn’t going to work. We have to be strategic and make an impact through influence. I wanted to redefine the lifestyle and what we view as important. When you hear ‘buy back the block’ as the narrative, that’s powerful. That’s a step towards redefining the expectation. It isn’t cool to be in the club spending all of this money, or having cars and jewelry — but you don’t own any real estate? You don’t own a fourplex? If the answer is no, you’re not a real hustler. When we can move people’s minds into that space, then we can be effective. You don’t care about your kids? It doesn’t matter how much money you have if you don’t care about your kids. You’re doing what drug? No, that’s not cool over here. All we demanded in our generation was that you be violent. If you’re violent, you’re respected. You can be everything else in the book, but if you’re a shooter or a fighter, you’re respected. In this era, we have to demand more.

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This is a business model used by every third-party platform to leverage influence and drive revenue — How should creators be thinking about this?
 
Nipsey Hussle: When you say ‘follow me on Twitter’, and you get 10 million people to follow you — you just leveraged your influence to add value to an app that you have no ownership in. Each of those users is worth around $21. When the owners of Twitter go to get their valuation in order to sell 50% of the company at $21 per user, yet you’re the person who added 10 million people to the platform, the owners are the only ones getting a huge payday. 

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How do we start to change the narrative on a larger scale and shift the way people understand both the music and culture it represents? 

Nipsey Hussle: People want to be successful, and people want to be respected.  When you start seeing the most successful people and the most respected people, the next step is figuring out how they became that. A lot of people hide their footsteps and don’t share the game, but the few that do, you have to compare that narrative next to the ones who aren’t successful. More than anything, people want to get out of their struggle. If you can lead them to the lake, they’re going to listen. Once they see the game you’re giving is authentic and it works, they will follow you. As far as respect goes, we have to stop respecting dumb shite. We have to return to old school principles. 

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Nipsey Hussle Forbes Magazine Interview

Who?

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He is unknown outside of trap local LA rap.

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Yep

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Not that he needed it, but the nomination is a validating gesture from the Grammy committee, which is made up of Nipsey’s industry peers and other music business professionals who have likely been aware of his game-changing gambles for a while. 

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 A small few of those users are worth a ton, most of the users cost Twitter money.

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He specifically said 10 million which means he specifically referring to celebrities with large followings.

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Influencers do get paid through other means 

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In terms of Twitter, they don't & anyone who knows anything about celebrities, know they are real sensitive when it comes to someone making money off their name & likeness.