LeBron James explains why Nipsey Hussle’s death is resonating so hard.
“When you tap into that gift and you know what your gift is and then you give back and you continue to give back and you continue to give back and you continue to put on for where you come from, to see it taken away by someone who didn’t have the same drive…is what we have to deal with in our own inner cities,” he explained to CBSLA Sports Director Jim Hill.
Nevertheless, LeBron’s correlation to his Akron upbringing rings true all the same. In closing, the Lakers’ forward referred to Nipsey’s killing as “one of the most unfortunate events that has happened in American history.”
In the wake Nipsey’s death, Los Angeles residents in select neighborhoods have been gathering to sort out their perceived differences. As for the greater Hip-Hop community, all its practitioners are doing the same, in trying to make his death a teachable moment and a galvanizing one at that.
