He also compared Nipsey and YG to Tupac and Snoop.
Even though the 53-year-old is locked up, he always has his ear to the streets. TMZ recently spoke with Knight about the murder of Nipsey Hussle, and the former CEO told them that he believes that the slain rapper’s quest for success and love for his neighborhood is what got him killed. “A lot of artists like Nipsey have the same problem that I had,” Knight said. “We are too loyal to our neighborhood.” He went on to say that many artists have the money and resources to move but they end up staying where they came from because “when you go around Hollywood it’s all watered down.”
Knight admitted that he would often visit his old stomping grounds to “get chili cheese fries and strawberries and talk to my lil’ homies.” Yet, he says, when one decides to go back to those neighborhoods to visit, those “lil’ homies” are the ones you need to “help you survive.” TMZ suggested that Knight was insinuating that the people around Nipsey could have done more to protect him.
Knight compared Nipsey to Tupac by saying, “I feel that Nipsey was trying to follow the same Tupac manual to the community. He came together with YG like Snoop did with Tupac.” He hopes that Nipsey’s legacy can unify Los Angeles in the years to come. “What’s good is that all the hoods getting together now…we can be stronger considering what happens when we come together.”
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