LOS ANGELES — There are only nine miles between the Crenshaw neighborhood parking lot where Nipsey Hussle was shot to death in 2019 and the downtown Los Angeles courtroom where his alleged killer will stand trial this month. But to some, the two places might as well be worlds apart.
LaTanya Ward, who had been friends with the rapper since 2007 and organized a march in his honor a week after his death, said she isn't focused on the pending prosecution of Eric Holder Jr. for Hussle's death "at all."
For many in Crenshaw and South L.A., she said, the best way to advance Hussle's legacy is to focus on the community empowerment and reinvestment that marked the last few years of his life, rather than the specifics of his death.
