The brothers opened the Slauson Tees store in 2006, on the corner where Hussle had first sold CDs out of his car. And they were like, ‘No it’s not legit until you’ve got a location and pay taxes and pay rent like everybody else.’” “We were like damn, you’re not doing this to nobody else selling food on the corner. Across the street, Asghedom and his business partner, Stephen Donelson, used to sell clothing outside of a Louisiana Fried Chicken, though LA police department (LAPD) officers would frequently shut them down – sometimes, handcuffing them and seizing their merchandise. Success didn’t come that early, but Asghedom recalled his brother writing songs as a young teenager, and at one point collecting old computer parts from auctions and building a PC for himself so he could record music.Īs a teen, Hussle started trying to make money at the lot on Crenshaw and Slauson by selling CDs out of his trunk. In one interview, the artist recalled being eight or nine years old and dreaming of being a professional musician signed to a label by the time he was 12. The project had been years in the making. The Marathon clothing store launched formally in 2017, cementing Crenshaw and Slauson as the corner synonymous with Hussle’s name. Photograph: Jae C Hong/AP Fulfilling Hussle’s dreams for The Marathon Mural artist Gustavo Zermeno Jr walks on a Los Angeles basketball court mural he dedicated to slain rapper Nipsey Hussle.
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