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It was love at first roll. “I would dream about roller skating,” she remembers. “I would wake up and go to work and be like, I just want to roller skate.” Not long after, she moved from Seattle to Los Angeles, where she started skating the city’s iconic beach boardwalks, surrounded by the OG skaters who made L.A.’s scene legendary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past year, roller skating hit the mainstream as a safe and relatively accessible pandemic-era pastime, its international popularity bolstered by people recording their shaky progress on social media. Skates were sold out for months, and skaters have become major influencers on Instagram and TikTok. But longtime skaters like the community James found in L.A. are quick to remind everyone: This isn’t a fad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is our culture. This is our lifestyle, passed down generations,” says \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/sweethazelroxy1/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Raquel “Roxy” Young\u003c/a>, a third-generation rink skater. For Angelenos, roller skating is more than a roll down the block. Taking inspiration from break dancing and other skate scenes around the country, they developed their own style of dance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of that style was honed in Venice Beach, where OG jam skaters with boom boxes in hand, claimed the boardwalk as their outdoor roller rink, showing off acrobatic freestyle moves, flips and choreographed routines. In 1978, Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley even declared Venice “the roller skating capital of the world.” Among the stars attracting huge crowds were the legendary Bad Boyz crew. But with the crowds came excessive policing. In the early 80s, Many of the OGs were arrested for playing loud music and pushed off the floor by police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13896501\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/007-EDIT-_1.00_09_31_07.Still001-2.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13896501\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/007-EDIT-_1.00_09_31_07.Still001-2-800x604.jpg\" alt=\"Female roller skater about to do a split at Venice Beach, CA. Still from a homemade video from 1990s.\" width=\"800\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/007-EDIT-_1.00_09_31_07.Still001-2-800x604.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/007-EDIT-_1.00_09_31_07.Still001-2-1020x770.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/007-EDIT-_1.00_09_31_07.Still001-2-160x121.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/007-EDIT-_1.00_09_31_07.Still001-2-768x580.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/007-EDIT-_1.00_09_31_07.Still001-2.jpg 1420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Venice Beach in the 1990s, “the roller skating capital of the world” \u003ccite>(Jeffrey Young)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“They struggled to have their skate safe haven at Venice,” says Alicia Reason, a professional skater and mentee of OG Venice skaters.“There’s been so many trials and tribulations that our culture has dealt with and we always rise from it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While outdoor skating is a spectacle for anyone to watch and builds visibility for the dance form, local rinks are just as important to the L.A. skating scene. Indoors, the action is high-paced, with skaters zipping around the edge of the rink doing tricks, flips, slides and dips. “In a rink, every single night, it’s lit,” says Lily Ruiz, who’s been skating since she was a kid. “There are people who go there religiously. To be honest, they probably go to the rink more than they go to church.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s a sense of community in rinks that can’t be replicated outdoors, she explains. It’s less of a meeting of friendly strangers, and more of a family reunion. You’ll find skaters of all ages, from as old as 80 to as young as fourteen months. “If you can walk, you can skate,” says Ahmber Azali as she teaches her one-year-old daughter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like the OGs at Venice Beach, Black rink skaters have long fought for their space to skate. In the early 50s, rinks often discriminated against or barred Black skaters. Today, skate rinks impose rules that affect mainly Black patrons, like outlawing micro fiberglass wheels (which make it easier to slide) or skates without toe stops—styles preferred by Black skaters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Learn 4 Roller Skating Dance Moves at Venice Beach | If Cities Could Dance\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/tsmX9VJ7YPY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paradoxically, skating’s newfound popularity comes against a backdrop of rink closures as skate communities struggle to exist. In Los Angeles County, popular rinks like Skate Depot and Flippers are shells of their former glory. Maybe the most heartbreaking closure is World on Wheels, the iconic rink that rapper Nipsey Hussle helped reopen in 2017 after its first closing. In November 2020, it closed for good.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very devastating. And we’ve been trying to fight it,” says Young, who is also Nipsey Hussle’s cousin. For her, skating is therapy. To go without it is an unfathomable proposition. “It’s helped me go through a lot of dark nights and a lot of emotional experiences. I say it has saved my life,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13896580\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Roxy_3.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13896580\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Roxy_3-800x450.jpg\" alt='Roller skater Raqual \"Roxy\" Young doing splits on the pavement' width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Roxy_3-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Roxy_3-1020x573.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Roxy_3-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Roxy_3-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Roxy_3-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Roxy_3.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raquel “Roxy” Young, rink skater and founder of ROXY’s Backyard Sk8Boogie. \u003ccite>(Armando Aparicio)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When the pandemic shut down rinks, she tried skating in her living room, but she needed the full experience. “I called up some friends and I made a little outdoor skate party,” she says. In July 2020, she organized the first ROXY’s Backyard Sk8boogie, now a monthly event with as many as 1,500 skaters of all kinds attending. Young invited small Black businesses to be vendors. “We needed this,” she explains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That community-minded impulse has spurred others to create spaces and groups for Black skaters. Ruiz—a leading critic of those who profit from a culture created by BIPOC skaters—created the Instagram account \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/castingblackskaters/?igshid=if3owwi4fd2k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Casting Black Skaters\u003c/a>. The objective is to bring visibility and opportunities to talented skaters who might otherwise be overlooked by brands capitalizing on the popularity of roller skating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similarly, James, herself a TikTok star, established \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/sistaskate_/?igshid=194viai0rkhky&hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SISTA Skate\u003c/a> at the height of 2020’s racial reckoning, using the Instagram account to connect Black and brown women and non-binary skaters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13896499\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Wp-photo.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13896499\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Wp-photo-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Four roller skaters posing together at dusk at the Sepulveda Dam in Los Angeles, CA\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Wp-photo-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Wp-photo-1020x573.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Wp-photo-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Wp-photo-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Wp-photo-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Wp-photo.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left to right: Kelsey Guy, Kamry James, Lily Ruiz, and Frances McGee at the Sepulveda Dam in Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Armando Aparicio)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The pandemic wasn’t the first threat to L.A.’s skating scene, which means the community was determined to meet the challenge head-on. “Roller skating, that’s just something that Black people are never going to stop doing,” says Ruiz. “And it’s the one thing you just simply can’t take away from nobody.” \u003cem>— Article by Chinwe Oniah\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>L.A. is known as the skate capital of the world. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Editor’s note: This episode was filmed under strict guidelines due to the coronavirus pandemic. Safety parameters were followed to protect the health of the dancers and video production team.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeGdTT0--8KhVf4tLBAdplUY3Bl1iqKWC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>If Cities Could Dance\u003c/em>\u003c/a> \u003cem>is KQED Arts’ award-winning video series featuring dancers across the country who represent their city’s signature moves.\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/ICCD402_Los_Angeles_Captions.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download English transcript.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kamry James had just gone through a bad breakup when she decided to try roller skating in 2019. It was love at first roll. “I would dream about roller skating,” she remembers. “I would wake up and go to work and be like, I just want to roller skate.” Not long after, she moved from Seattle to Los Angeles, where she started skating the city’s iconic beach boardwalks, surrounded by the OG skaters who made L.A.’s scene legendary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past year, roller skating hit the mainstream as a safe and relatively accessible pandemic-era pastime, its international popularity bolstered by people recording their shaky progress on social media. Skates were sold out for months, and skaters have become major influencers on Instagram and TikTok. But longtime skaters like the community James found in L.A. are quick to remind everyone: This isn’t a fad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is our culture. This is our lifestyle, passed down generations,” says \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/sweethazelroxy1/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Raquel “Roxy” Young\u003c/a>, a third-generation rink skater. For Angelenos, roller skating is more than a roll down the block. Taking inspiration from break dancing and other skate scenes around the country, they developed their own style of dance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of that style was honed in Venice Beach, where OG jam skaters with boom boxes in hand, claimed the boardwalk as their outdoor roller rink, showing off acrobatic freestyle moves, flips and choreographed routines. In 1978, Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley even declared Venice “the roller skating capital of the world.” Among the stars attracting huge crowds were the legendary Bad Boyz crew. But with the crowds came excessive policing. In the early 80s, Many of the OGs were arrested for playing loud music and pushed off the floor by police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13896501\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/007-EDIT-_1.00_09_31_07.Still001-2.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13896501\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/007-EDIT-_1.00_09_31_07.Still001-2-800x604.jpg\" alt=\"Female roller skater about to do a split at Venice Beach, CA. Still from a homemade video from 1990s.\" width=\"800\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/007-EDIT-_1.00_09_31_07.Still001-2-800x604.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/007-EDIT-_1.00_09_31_07.Still001-2-1020x770.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/007-EDIT-_1.00_09_31_07.Still001-2-160x121.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/007-EDIT-_1.00_09_31_07.Still001-2-768x580.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/007-EDIT-_1.00_09_31_07.Still001-2.jpg 1420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Venice Beach in the 1990s, “the roller skating capital of the world” \u003ccite>(Jeffrey Young)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“They struggled to have their skate safe haven at Venice,” says Alicia Reason, a professional skater and mentee of OG Venice skaters.“There’s been so many trials and tribulations that our culture has dealt with and we always rise from it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While outdoor skating is a spectacle for anyone to watch and builds visibility for the dance form, local rinks are just as important to the L.A. skating scene. Indoors, the action is high-paced, with skaters zipping around the edge of the rink doing tricks, flips, slides and dips. “In a rink, every single night, it’s lit,” says Lily Ruiz, who’s been skating since she was a kid. “There are people who go there religiously. To be honest, they probably go to the rink more than they go to church.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s a sense of community in rinks that can’t be replicated outdoors, she explains. It’s less of a meeting of friendly strangers, and more of a family reunion. You’ll find skaters of all ages, from as old as 80 to as young as fourteen months. “If you can walk, you can skate,” says Ahmber Azali as she teaches her one-year-old daughter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like the OGs at Venice Beach, Black rink skaters have long fought for their space to skate. In the early 50s, rinks often discriminated against or barred Black skaters. Today, skate rinks impose rules that affect mainly Black patrons, like outlawing micro fiberglass wheels (which make it easier to slide) or skates without toe stops—styles preferred by Black skaters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Learn 4 Roller Skating Dance Moves at Venice Beach | If Cities Could Dance\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/tsmX9VJ7YPY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paradoxically, skating’s newfound popularity comes against a backdrop of rink closures as skate communities struggle to exist. In Los Angeles County, popular rinks like Skate Depot and Flippers are shells of their former glory. Maybe the most heartbreaking closure is World on Wheels, the iconic rink that rapper Nipsey Hussle helped reopen in 2017 after its first closing. In November 2020, it closed for good.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very devastating. And we’ve been trying to fight it,” says Young, who is also Nipsey Hussle’s cousin. For her, skating is therapy. To go without it is an unfathomable proposition. “It’s helped me go through a lot of dark nights and a lot of emotional experiences. I say it has saved my life,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13896580\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Roxy_3.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13896580\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Roxy_3-800x450.jpg\" alt='Roller skater Raqual \"Roxy\" Young doing splits on the pavement' width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Roxy_3-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Roxy_3-1020x573.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Roxy_3-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Roxy_3-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Roxy_3-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Roxy_3.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raquel “Roxy” Young, rink skater and founder of ROXY’s Backyard Sk8Boogie. \u003ccite>(Armando Aparicio)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When the pandemic shut down rinks, she tried skating in her living room, but she needed the full experience. “I called up some friends and I made a little outdoor skate party,” she says. In July 2020, she organized the first ROXY’s Backyard Sk8boogie, now a monthly event with as many as 1,500 skaters of all kinds attending. Young invited small Black businesses to be vendors. “We needed this,” she explains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That community-minded impulse has spurred others to create spaces and groups for Black skaters. Ruiz—a leading critic of those who profit from a culture created by BIPOC skaters—created the Instagram account \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/castingblackskaters/?igshid=if3owwi4fd2k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Casting Black Skaters\u003c/a>. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ever since it exploded onto the local dining scene in 2019, \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://veganmob.biz/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vegan Mob\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has been one of the most popular restaurants in Oakland—a bright-green, graffiti-bedecked retro barbecue joint known for its rib tips, brisket-stuffed burritos and garlic noodles. Naturally, everything on the menu is vegan.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, rapper-turned-chef Toriano Gordon (a.k.a. \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/don-toriano\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don Toriano\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) is bringing his meat-free adaptations of familiar soul food and barbecue dishes to San Francisco. Vegan Mob’s new food truck is posting up in the Mission six days a week as part of an all-vegan street food hub Gordon has helped set up at 701 Valencia Street—the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/citystationsf/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">City Station SF\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> lot, which was already a prime destination for vegan food fans when the popular Filipino-American food truck \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://sf.eater.com/2020/11/6/21551481/senor-sisig-vegano-vegan-food-truck-filipino-burrito-mission-sf\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Señor Sisig set up its new vegan spinoff, Señor Sisig Vegano, there\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now that the two trucks have teamed up, they’ve created what might be the hottest block on the Bay Area’s vegan food circuit. During Vegan Mob’s March 21 San Francisco debut, Gordon says, the line of customers wrapped all the way around the corner, all day long—notwithstanding the fact that their block on Valencia Street is about three times the length of a typical city block. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Business has stayed about as strong ever since. “We work together,” Gordon says of his collaboration with Señor Sisig co-owner Evan Kidera—a longtime friend from their days in the Bay Area rap scene. And the pair is bringing in other food trucks for guest appearances as well. This past Friday, for instance, Al Papi Pastor, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.instagram.com/p/CNJvkEjsldE/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">popular Mexico City-style taco truck\u003c/a>, was on hand to dish out a special all-vegan menu: burritos stuffed with nopales and jackfruit al pastor.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Gordon, launching the food truck was simply the next logical step for his growing business, once he convinced Kidera to sell him one of Señor Sisig’s old trucks. (“I begged him,” Gordon says.) The truck serves a slightly streamlined version of Vegan Mob’s restaurant menu—basically its 10 top sellers, plus Gordon’s newest creation: garlic noodles inspired by his lifelong love of Vietnamese institutions like Thanh Long and Crustacean. Vegan Mob’s garlic noodles don’t have fish sauce, and they’re made with vegan butter and vegan cheese, but Gordon says the noodles have been a runaway hit from the start—especially among his Black customers. “Black people who don’t mess with vegan food come and eat those noodles,” he says. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/CNQTyEPjPSH/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vegan Mob is part of \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://sf.eater.com/2021/1/8/22219689/senor-sisig-vegano-vegan-oakland-open-spice-monkey\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a new wave of popular, next-generation vegan food businesses\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the Bay Area that includes Señor Sisig Vegano, Lion Dance Cafe, Vegan Hood Chefs and Malibu’s Burgers. They all boast large social media followings (Vegan Mob, for instance, has more than 73,000 followers on \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/officialveganmob/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) and a diverse customer base. They’re all owned and operated by people of color. And they all have a certain cool factor that’s reflected in how successful they’ve been, even beyond the deliciousness of the food itself. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gordon credits the rapper Nipsey Hussle, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13854043/when-nipsey-hussle-brought-his-marathon-mindset-to-oakland\">who was shot and killed almost exactly two years ago\u003c/a>, for helping to raise awareness of—and establishing a kind of “street cred” for—the vegan lifestyle. And Gordon believes Vegan Mob has played a large part in that as well. “I really am from the streets,” he says, noting that his father was in prison for 27 years, and that he himself nearly died of septic shock after mixing morphine, alcohol and weed.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“I feel like God kept me on earth for a reason,” Gordon says. “I changed my life to come to school, to become this. To show the Black community and communities of color that it’s cool to be healthy—to be a role model to the ones younger than me, that you can have a business like this.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“My following is a lot of non-vegans who are African American, Latino, Filipino, and Pacific Islander. They come up to me and say, ‘Hey, your food is making me go vegan.’” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/CMRP37csjZG/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As excited as he is about his newfound success in the city, Gordon says he feels hurt that some customers have accused him of abandoning Oakland for brighter lights on the other side of the Bay. Notwithstanding the fact that he’s \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Francisco, the Fillmore native says, “I’m not going nowhere. We’re expanding, we’re not leaving.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The problem is that as much as he loves his current location in Oakland at the former Kwik-Way, near the shores of Lake Merritt, the building’s long-term future is very much an open question. For years now, the building has been slated to be torn down and turned into a mixed-use retail facility or, more recently, an \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://blog.sfgate.com/inoakland/2019/09/20/iconic-kwik-way-drive-in-site-to-become-affordable-housing-in-grand-lake-neighborhood/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">affordable housing complex\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Time and time again, those plans have gotten waylaid: Originally, Gordon says, Vegan Mob was supposed to vacate the building this month, but the landlords now say he can stay until this coming January.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, Gordon is already plotting his next moves: In addition to a new \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://sj.veganmob.biz/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">virtual kitchen operation that he’s set up in San Jose, for pickup and delivery only\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Gordon is currently in talks with his friend and mentor GW Chew about taking over the space currently occupied by Chew’s own vegan soul food restaurant, the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/checkplease/19999/check-please-bay-area-kids-review-antipastos-the-veg-hub-cocos-ramen\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Veg Hub\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in Oakland’s Dimond district. If it works out, Gordon would move Vegan Mob there, joining a cluster of popular restaurants owned by people of color, including the new Puerto Rican spot La Perla, the soul food restaurant Southern Cafe, and Dimond Slice Pizza—all restaurants that are helping to turn the neighborhood into a cool food hub while still preserving Oakland’s authentic, homegrown culture, Gordon says.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“I’m convinced if I left Oakland, God would punish me,” Gordon says, noting that Oakland is where Vegan Mob had its first successes. “That would literally be forgetting where I came from.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12904247\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"39\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-160x16.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-240x23.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-375x37.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vegan Mob’s San Francisco food truck operates Tuesday through Saturday, 5pm–9pm, and Sunday, 11am–5pm; the \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://sj.veganmob.biz/\">\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Jose cloud kitchen\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> operation offers takeout and delivery Tuesday through Sunday, 11am–9pm. 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And you know, the first cut is the deepest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I almost fell out of love with hip-hop before we even really got started. But the deaths of the two legendary rappers actually motivated me to drop my west coast bias; I realized the east coast had some dope MCs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5PnuIRnJW8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DMX made me bark. Foxy Brown was the flyest, and she had bars. And Big Pun was spectacular with the wordplay. Ma$e had me wearing my hat backwards. I was probably the only kid on AC Transit blasting Big L through my taped-up Sony headphones. I got my writing style from literally taking Nas’ verses and flipping the words to fit my life’s story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around that same time, Outkast told the world that \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwLG7aSYM3w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the South got something to say\u003c/a>. The “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1fBYUWxaKQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Make ‘Em Say Uhh!\u003c/a>” video was always on \u003ca href=\"https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/the-box-tv-channel-changed-music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Box\u003c/a>. Scarface spoke to me. Devin was \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo_2TE6C56Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that Dude\u003c/a>. Trina was the baddest (expletive). And then Cash Money \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL2txMU50CI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">took over for the 99 and the 2000\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was the honeymoon phase of my prepubescent romance with hip-hop. I considered getting a gold grill as a sign of our holy matrimony, but my momma wasn’t going to have it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fairytale ended around the time the hormones kicked in, my voice got deep and other forms of love caught my attention. At the same time, the music got weird: big bright clothes, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aitJkK7XrI0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">snap rap\u003c/a>” and ringtone beats in the early 2000s pushed rap to the back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were certain aspects that kept me attracted to the music. The Jay-Z vs. Nas beef. Folks like Nelly, Eminem and Missy were making noise, and the south was running things: Gucci Mane had a movement. Free Boosie was more than a saying. Young Jeezy, Ludacris, and T.I. were dropping classics. And Lil Wayne was on another planet with the flow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, the Town had this new thing brewing, something about “goin’ 18 dummy.” It was a spirit that jumped up from the soil and got into my people; it bled into the music and became a movement. “The Hyphy Movement,” they called it. We called it life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBJtzEKetBM\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Too $hort left Atlanta, moved back to the Town and \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBJtzEKetBM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">brought a whistle\u003c/a>. Mistah F.A.B. \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLz5Y3-wwp4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drove the yellow bus\u003c/a> to the front of the class. And Goapele, oh Goapele. Her hit “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb9fkGCCV1o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Closer\u003c/a>” was officially R&B, but to me—to us—it was simply slappin’. When the video for “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GZbaXdK8Js\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tell Me When To Go\u003c/a>” dropped, the world stopped. I can’t tell you how happy I was that Keak Da Sneak was getting recognition, and that 40 Water had \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/K71IXLQpGss?t=20s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">caught his second wind, pimp\u003c/a>. Man. RIP Mac Dre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As glorious as those times were, honestly, I wasn’t in love with hip-hop. Both hyphy and crunk sometimes tap-danced the line of being gimmicky. I couldn’t do the D4L or the Soulja Boy thing, and that’s what was dominating the airwaves. Plus, around that time I started getting deeper into journalism. I didn’t want to be another “black hip-hop journalist,” so I didn’t write about it much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But you know how it goes. The music and I stayed in touch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I took note when Kanye West outsold 50 Cent. Word was that physical album sales were down, and the industry was declining; only half true. That decline in physical sales was real, \u003ca href=\"https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8495067/hip-hop-album-sales-plummeting-fast-why-artists-teams-dont-mind\">and continues\u003c/a>, but now, artists have the ability to count streams and downloads from digital albums and mixtapes. That, coupled with the ability to interact with fans on social media, results in revenue via merchandise and touring, and an ability to operate independently. It opened the doors to a next generation of hip-hop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was far removed from my early experience of rap, you know, “thug passion”—this was more like \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aVa7qVKUHI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">computer love\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSx1m9UOiK0\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For me, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2010/04/2010-xxl-freshman-class/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cem>XXL\u003c/em> Freshman lineup of 2010\u003c/a> was a good sign. Not a total change, but an altered direction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>J. Cole and Wiz Khalifa were cold. Freddie Gibbs was the first musician I heard from Gary, Indiana who didn’t have the last name Jackson. Big K.R.I.T. was the first rapper I heard from Mississippi aside from David Banner. Curren$y emerged from lackluster experiences at Ca$h Money and No Limit to create Jet Life, and I was on board with the movement. And around that same time, I heard about this kid named Kendrick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay, the Mekanix and DJ Fresh were dropping joints like Jordan dropped retros. Beeda Weeda and J. Stalin put out a few bangers. Man, RIP The Jacka.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The highlight of that post-Kanye/50 Cent early mixtape era was how the best rappers weren’t exactly gangstas or gimmicks, they were people. Many even used their real names. That was appealing. Music was relatable, and it kept hip-hop very much alive, despite Nas’ claim that hip-hop was dead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ3OStBQfwk\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">T\u003c/span>he relationship has stood well since then, gone through some ups and downs, but the marriage has survived.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were times when I didn’t care for the whole singing/rapping thing. Autotune was death. Drake kind of made me want to revert to the gangsta tunes of the mid-’90s. Jay-Z dropped some real mediocre albums. The idea of Tupac’s hologram being at Coachella was disgusting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But at the same time, Nicki Minaj’s combination of punchlines and wild voices hit me over the head. I found whole universes in the music that Future and Travis Scott put out. While Chicago as a whole needs to be mentioned for artists like Chance the Rapper and Saba Pivot, it’s Noname that stands out to me the most—her delivery and wordplay are so cold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Music has evolved. Popular artists now explicitly write about mental health, unrequited love and depression, all wrapped in dope samples and 808 kicks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Can’t lie, I don’t understand all of it. Kodak Black doesn’t hit for me. Blueface isn’t on beat. And rest easy XXXTentacion, but I listened, and didn’t get it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve been following the paths of Rapsody, Isaiah Rashad and Little Simz. Appreciating what I’ve recently heard from Benny the Butcher, Tierra Whack, DaBaby and more. I even like that singing-rapping stuff that Anderson .Paak, Smino and GoldLink do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5c2iRHlAHA\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around the Bay, there’s a \u003cem>long\u003c/em> list. Larry June, Kamaiyah, ALLBLACK, and that “My Type” song by Saweetie. Rexx Life Raj is also creative as hell, he dropped a little something on \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RexxLifeRaj/status/1155303093086539781?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter\u003c/a> recently that speaks to his creativity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And for my stuck-in-the-’90s head-ass folks: Pusha T is still rapping about dope, Busta Rhymes dropped a track this month, and it’s not bad. My favorite rapper, Nas, dropped an album this summer; it’s extra lukewarm, but I’m happy he’s still rocking. Hell, even Common put out “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRS8e-lysQU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HER Love\u003c/a>,” a sort of follow-up to “I Used to Love H.E.R.,” although honestly, it’s kind of corny. (When it comes to older rappers making lyrical odes to the rap game, I prefer Suga Free’s recently released “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIgJ5u4Ek8Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TMZ\u003c/a>.”)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scarface is running for political office, Kanye and Kim Kardashian are fighting for prison reform (go figure?) and Andre 3000 is walking around with a frickin’ flute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Look, this relationship started in the aftermath of “Fuck tha Police,” grew to “My President is Black,” and came back again to “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkZ5e94QnWk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FDT\u003c/a>.” It’s gone through baggy jeans and bling bling. From underground counterculture to a feast for culture vultures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And despite everything, it’s still going. Still growing. Still gaining momentum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s how a healthy marriage should be.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>A broader review of this year in rap has seen Lil Nas X blur the lines between country music and hip-hop, and in doing so, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13862433/lil-nas-x-lassos-the-record-for-longest-running-no-1-song-in-u-s-chart-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">break the record\u003c/a> for the most consecutive weeks at the top of the Billboard charts. Megan Thee Stallion caught folks’ attention, and made ’em change their entire 2019 agenda; “hot girl summer” is so real that she’s even reportedly \u003ca href=\"http://thesource.com/2019/07/24/megan-hot-girl-summer/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trademarking the phrase\u003c/a>. And the late Nipsey Hussle’s legacy of longevity through self-sufficiency continues to grow: despite a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/25/us/nipsey-hussle-los-angeles.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">longstanding investigation\u003c/a> into Hussle’s business empire, last week it was \u003ca href=\"https://www.vibe.com/2019/08/development-begins-on-the-nipsey-hussle-tower-at-marathon-clothing-store\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced that a tower\u003c/a> would be erected in the late MC’s honor. The marathon continues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hip-hop is in a good state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And I love it. I really do love it. The rebellious culture. The stories. The clever wordplay. The beats. I’m married to this music and the culture from which it emanates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I know that now, after an on-and-off relationship with hip-hop since the early ’90s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It started off as thug passion: I stole a tape of Bone-Thugs-n-Harmony’s \u003cem>E. 1999 Eternal\u003c/em> from the Tower Records in Emeryville when I was seven or eight years old. I had the \u003cem>Friday\u003c/em> soundtrack, listened to it on my sister’s Discman. I loved Mac Mall’s “Get Right,” Ice Cube’s “It Was a Good Day,” Snoop and Dre’s “Nuthin’ But A G Thang.” The Luniz asked, “Why you wanna playa hate on me?” Dru Down asked, “Can you feel me?” And Tupac asked, “Does heaven have a ghetto?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then Pac was taken from us. I was hurt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Biggie was taken from us. I was hurt again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was the first time the music I loved hurt me. And you know, the first cut is the deepest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I almost fell out of love with hip-hop before we even really got started. But the deaths of the two legendary rappers actually motivated me to drop my west coast bias; I realized the east coast had some dope MCs.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/e5PnuIRnJW8'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/e5PnuIRnJW8'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>DMX made me bark. Foxy Brown was the flyest, and she had bars. And Big Pun was spectacular with the wordplay. Ma$e had me wearing my hat backwards. I was probably the only kid on AC Transit blasting Big L through my taped-up Sony headphones. I got my writing style from literally taking Nas’ verses and flipping the words to fit my life’s story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around that same time, Outkast told the world that \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwLG7aSYM3w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the South got something to say\u003c/a>. The “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1fBYUWxaKQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Make ‘Em Say Uhh!\u003c/a>” video was always on \u003ca href=\"https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/the-box-tv-channel-changed-music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Box\u003c/a>. Scarface spoke to me. Devin was \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo_2TE6C56Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that Dude\u003c/a>. Trina was the baddest (expletive). 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Young Jeezy, Ludacris, and T.I. were dropping classics. And Lil Wayne was on another planet with the flow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, the Town had this new thing brewing, something about “goin’ 18 dummy.” It was a spirit that jumped up from the soil and got into my people; it bled into the music and became a movement. “The Hyphy Movement,” they called it. We called it life.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/CBJtzEKetBM'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/CBJtzEKetBM'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Too $hort left Atlanta, moved back to the Town and \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBJtzEKetBM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">brought a whistle\u003c/a>. Mistah F.A.B. \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLz5Y3-wwp4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drove the yellow bus\u003c/a> to the front of the class. And Goapele, oh Goapele. Her hit “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb9fkGCCV1o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Closer\u003c/a>” was officially R&B, but to me—to us—it was simply slappin’. When the video for “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GZbaXdK8Js\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tell Me When To Go\u003c/a>” dropped, the world stopped. I can’t tell you how happy I was that Keak Da Sneak was getting recognition, and that 40 Water had \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/K71IXLQpGss?t=20s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">caught his second wind, pimp\u003c/a>. Man. RIP Mac Dre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As glorious as those times were, honestly, I wasn’t in love with hip-hop. Both hyphy and crunk sometimes tap-danced the line of being gimmicky. I couldn’t do the D4L or the Soulja Boy thing, and that’s what was dominating the airwaves. Plus, around that time I started getting deeper into journalism. I didn’t want to be another “black hip-hop journalist,” so I didn’t write about it much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But you know how it goes. The music and I stayed in touch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I took note when Kanye West outsold 50 Cent. Word was that physical album sales were down, and the industry was declining; only half true. That decline in physical sales was real, \u003ca href=\"https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8495067/hip-hop-album-sales-plummeting-fast-why-artists-teams-dont-mind\">and continues\u003c/a>, but now, artists have the ability to count streams and downloads from digital albums and mixtapes. That, coupled with the ability to interact with fans on social media, results in revenue via merchandise and touring, and an ability to operate independently. It opened the doors to a next generation of hip-hop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was far removed from my early experience of rap, you know, “thug passion”—this was more like \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aVa7qVKUHI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">computer love\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/rSx1m9UOiK0'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/rSx1m9UOiK0'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>For me, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2010/04/2010-xxl-freshman-class/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cem>XXL\u003c/em> Freshman lineup of 2010\u003c/a> was a good sign. 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Drake kind of made me want to revert to the gangsta tunes of the mid-’90s. Jay-Z dropped some real mediocre albums. The idea of Tupac’s hologram being at Coachella was disgusting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But at the same time, Nicki Minaj’s combination of punchlines and wild voices hit me over the head. I found whole universes in the music that Future and Travis Scott put out. While Chicago as a whole needs to be mentioned for artists like Chance the Rapper and Saba Pivot, it’s Noname that stands out to me the most—her delivery and wordplay are so cold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Music has evolved. Popular artists now explicitly write about mental health, unrequited love and depression, all wrapped in dope samples and 808 kicks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Can’t lie, I don’t understand all of it. Kodak Black doesn’t hit for me. Blueface isn’t on beat. And rest easy XXXTentacion, but I listened, and didn’t get it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve been following the paths of Rapsody, Isaiah Rashad and Little Simz. Appreciating what I’ve recently heard from Benny the Butcher, Tierra Whack, DaBaby and more. I even like that singing-rapping stuff that Anderson .Paak, Smino and GoldLink do.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/x5c2iRHlAHA'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/x5c2iRHlAHA'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Around the Bay, there’s a \u003cem>long\u003c/em> list. Larry June, Kamaiyah, ALLBLACK, and that “My Type” song by Saweetie. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">Y\u003c/span>esterday Nipsey Hussle was murdered in Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bullets took the life from his flesh. But through his music and the impact of his actions, his mindset lives on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hussle’s appeal was his mentality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond the music, Hussle, born born Ermias Asghedom, was a benefactor to the black community of South Central Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just last year, he opened a STEM education center and co-working space, \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-ms-nipsey-hussle-vector-90-victory-lap-20180228-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vector 90, \u003c/a>in the neighborhood where he grew up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He brought jobs to the area. His generosity and care are apparent in this video of \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ak7peG-Xxo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Slauson Bruce\u003c/a>, a neighborhood elder Hussle hired for janitorial work and later treated to a day of pampering, pedicures and all. On a larger scale, Hussle aimed for community impact. One of his latest ventures was \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-destination-crenshaw-20190130-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Destination Crenshaw\u003c/a>, an open-air museum dedicated to recognizing black cultural innovators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2019/02/20/nipsey-hussle-opportunity-zone-real-estate-mogul-blueprint/#ec160e16364b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forbes wrote about\u003c/a> how Hussle purchased the same strip mall he used to hustle in. His Marathon Clothing Company became the anchor tenant, and he often spoke of planting the seeds for generational wealth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That same lot was where he was murdered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13854047\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13854047 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9368-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Nipsey thanking the people upstairs\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9368-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9368-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9368-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9368-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9368-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9368-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9368.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nipsey Hussle thanking the people upstairs at the New Parish in 2013. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">Y\u003c/span>ears ago, way before Hussle got a Grammy nomination or appeared on the cover of \u003cem>GQ\u003c/em>, I became hooked on his music when I first heard “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=13&v=ETN-8KVYOQ0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hussle in The House\u003c/a>,” a track that sounded like my childhood favorite, Kris Kross’ “Jump, Jump.” From there, I followed his career.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His MO was that of a reformed gangbanger who used his musical talents to speak his mind. He’d talk about business acumen and his perspective on personal relationships. He rapped candidly about his views on politics, like with his feature on the YG song “FDT.” He interspersed all of that with references to luxury cars, marijuana, alcohol and a whole lot of cussing. He offered a glimpse of the mindset of a young man in urban America simply chasing that dream.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And he put it all into words that I could directly apply to my life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He had better wordplay than Tupac Shakur but the same kind of “thug passion.” The same critiques of “the system” and poetry about the environment where he grew up. He was a rose that grew from the concrete jungle of South Central Los Angeles—Slauson Avenue to be exact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He could sometimes be a man with a tempter and a foul mouth, and it would’ve made Tupac proud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His wasn’t a blind vulgarity: it was a byproduct of Hussle speaking his mind. It earned him the love of the streets, though sometimes he crossed the proverbial line, as with his controversial, \u003ca href=\"https://www.thefader.com/2018/01/08/nipsey-hussle-backlash-instagram-post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">homophobic\u003c/a> Instagram post last year or the heated argument that led to him \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hV8NfDNDmg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">slapping a worker\u003c/a> at a recent BET award show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But his music made me want to drive faster, wake up earlier and finish sets of pushups. And although he was speaking to the masses, at times it seemed like it was just a conversation between him and himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13854048\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13854048 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/DSC01973-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Nip taking a sip mid show\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/DSC01973-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/DSC01973-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/DSC01973-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/DSC01973-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/DSC01973-1200x799.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/DSC01973.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nipsey Hussle taking a sip mid show at the New Parish in 2013. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On his tape, \u003cem>The Marathon Continues\u003c/em>, there’s a song called “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMhvsw-aDkw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sound of My Ceremony\u003c/a>.” I promise you, on that track he’s not even rapping. He’s providing guidance counseling in the form of lyrics. “I ain’t got a boss, I am not a slave / Turning up my hustle is how I give myself a raise.” Whew! That hit the bullseye in my mind’s eye. That’s exactly what I needed to hear as a young freelance writer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I took that mentality and two cameras with me to the New Parish when Hussle came to Oakland in 2013. I wasn’t just in the building, I was on the job. The idea was to get some quality shots and sell them to a publication.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13854052\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13854052\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9366-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Fans enjoying the Nipsey Hussle show at The New Parish in 2013\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9366-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9366-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9366-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9366-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9366-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9366-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans enjoying the Nipsey Hussle show at The New Parish in 2013 \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The shots came out blurry and out of focus. Some were too blown-out to bring back. I ended up posting two or three of the photos to social media, and didn’t do anything else with the rest of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last night, after I got the news Hussle was killed, I looked over the photos again. Shots that once looked like evidence that I was partying more than working now appear to be some of the greatest photos I’ve ever taken.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13854053\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13854053 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/13-800x771.png\" alt=\"The Jacka and Nipsey, both on stage in Heaven now\" width=\"800\" height=\"771\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/13-800x771.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/13-160x154.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/13-768x741.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/13-1020x984.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/13-32x32.png 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/13.png 1091w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Jacka and Nipsey Hussle. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I don’t remember much about that night—it’s all kind of hazy now. I know there was a bunch of weed. Probably some alcohol. My car window got shattered, but nothing was stolen. And the Jacka was there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kevin Allen, who once went on a 30-city tour with Hussle, was one of the opening acts. My friends from middle school and my homies from college were in the building too. And Hussle had on this chain with a big-ass gold Malcolm X pendant—his mindset in jewelry form.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the middle of rocking the stage, Hussle pulled an ace out the deck and brought out the Bay Area’s own beloved urban poet, the Jacka of Mobb Figaz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13854054\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13854054 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9354-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The stage was crowded at The Jack and Nipsey performed\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9354-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9354-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9354-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9354-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9354-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9354-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9354.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Jacka and Nipsey Hussle on stage in 2013. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A year and a half later, in early 2015, the Jacka was shot and killed in East Oakland. I posted one of the photos from that night, Hussle shared it on social media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We never actually communicated, but we shared the same message, the same mindset.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13854086\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13854086 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/TheJack-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The Jacka!\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/TheJack-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/TheJack-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/TheJack-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/TheJack-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/TheJack-1200x799.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/TheJack.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Jacka. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">K\u003c/span>nown for his slogan “the marathon continues,” and his usage of the checkered race flag emoji on social media, Hussle was all about the long game. Winning in the end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was community-centric. He was working on \u003ca href=\"http://thesource.com/2019/04/01/dr-sebi-nipsey-hussle/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a documentary about Dr. Sebi\u003c/a>, the famed healer some believe the government doesn’t want us to know about. Hussle was a family man who often talked about his two children and significant other, model and actress Lauren London.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13854055\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13854055 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/2-800x823.png\" alt=\"Nipsey and his Malcolm X medallion\" width=\"800\" height=\"823\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/2-800x823.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/2-160x165.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/2-768x790.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/2-32x32.png 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/2-50x50.png 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/2.png 1014w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nipsey Hussle sported a Malcolm X medallion. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He was one of the strongest voices in today’s rap world. He had tracks with Rick Ross and Kendrick Lamar. He shared bars with Rapsody and Curren$y. He hung out courtside at the Lakers games, and took photos with L.A. native James Harden right after Harden won the MVP award. I think Nip had pics before the NBA did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was a rising star open about his shortcomings. A student of Steve Jobs, and supported by Diddy. Even Jay-Z purchased 100 copies of \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/natalierobehmed/2013/11/06/rapper-nipsey-hussle-and-the-100-mixtape/#631397aa4bc0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hussle’s $100 mixtape\u003c/a>, \u003cem>Crenshaw\u003c/em>, as a vote of confidence in his vision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was interested in prison reform and cooperative economics. He had songs that caused me to Google the term “integrated vertically.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He wasn’t just trying to get a piece of the American pie. He had his eye on the whole bakery—and breaking bread with his people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s why so many people are hurt. We’ve seen this story before. A black man from the hood doing good, only to get murdered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s the story of a kid from the concrete jungle of Northern America, who was in hot pursuit of the dream they told us we could achieve if we just worked hard. He was focused on achieving it until his body was riddled with bullets, and one those talons pierced the headquarters of the marathon mindset.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://halftimesportbar.letseat.at/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Halftime Sports Bar\u003c/a> in Oakland will be holding a free musical tribute to Nipsey Hussle tonight at 8pm. There will also be a candlelight vigil on April 2 at 7pm at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.eccoakland.org/\">Eritrean Community Cultural Civic Center\u003c/a> in Oakland.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He brought jobs to the area. His generosity and care are apparent in this video of \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ak7peG-Xxo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Slauson Bruce\u003c/a>, a neighborhood elder Hussle hired for janitorial work and later treated to a day of pampering, pedicures and all. On a larger scale, Hussle aimed for community impact. One of his latest ventures was \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-destination-crenshaw-20190130-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Destination Crenshaw\u003c/a>, an open-air museum dedicated to recognizing black cultural innovators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2019/02/20/nipsey-hussle-opportunity-zone-real-estate-mogul-blueprint/#ec160e16364b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forbes wrote about\u003c/a> how Hussle purchased the same strip mall he used to hustle in. His Marathon Clothing Company became the anchor tenant, and he often spoke of planting the seeds for generational wealth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That same lot was where he was murdered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13854047\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13854047 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9368-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Nipsey thanking the people upstairs\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9368-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9368-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9368-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9368-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9368-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9368-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9368.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nipsey Hussle thanking the people upstairs at the New Parish in 2013. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">Y\u003c/span>ears ago, way before Hussle got a Grammy nomination or appeared on the cover of \u003cem>GQ\u003c/em>, I became hooked on his music when I first heard “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=13&v=ETN-8KVYOQ0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hussle in The House\u003c/a>,” a track that sounded like my childhood favorite, Kris Kross’ “Jump, Jump.” From there, I followed his career.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His MO was that of a reformed gangbanger who used his musical talents to speak his mind. He’d talk about business acumen and his perspective on personal relationships. He rapped candidly about his views on politics, like with his feature on the YG song “FDT.” He interspersed all of that with references to luxury cars, marijuana, alcohol and a whole lot of cussing. He offered a glimpse of the mindset of a young man in urban America simply chasing that dream.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And he put it all into words that I could directly apply to my life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He had better wordplay than Tupac Shakur but the same kind of “thug passion.” The same critiques of “the system” and poetry about the environment where he grew up. He was a rose that grew from the concrete jungle of South Central Los Angeles—Slauson Avenue to be exact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He could sometimes be a man with a tempter and a foul mouth, and it would’ve made Tupac proud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His wasn’t a blind vulgarity: it was a byproduct of Hussle speaking his mind. It earned him the love of the streets, though sometimes he crossed the proverbial line, as with his controversial, \u003ca href=\"https://www.thefader.com/2018/01/08/nipsey-hussle-backlash-instagram-post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">homophobic\u003c/a> Instagram post last year or the heated argument that led to him \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hV8NfDNDmg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">slapping a worker\u003c/a> at a recent BET award show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But his music made me want to drive faster, wake up earlier and finish sets of pushups. And although he was speaking to the masses, at times it seemed like it was just a conversation between him and himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13854048\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13854048 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/DSC01973-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Nip taking a sip mid show\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/DSC01973-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/DSC01973-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/DSC01973-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/DSC01973-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/DSC01973-1200x799.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/DSC01973.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nipsey Hussle taking a sip mid show at the New Parish in 2013. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On his tape, \u003cem>The Marathon Continues\u003c/em>, there’s a song called “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMhvsw-aDkw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sound of My Ceremony\u003c/a>.” I promise you, on that track he’s not even rapping. He’s providing guidance counseling in the form of lyrics. “I ain’t got a boss, I am not a slave / Turning up my hustle is how I give myself a raise.” Whew! That hit the bullseye in my mind’s eye. That’s exactly what I needed to hear as a young freelance writer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I took that mentality and two cameras with me to the New Parish when Hussle came to Oakland in 2013. I wasn’t just in the building, I was on the job. The idea was to get some quality shots and sell them to a publication.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13854052\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13854052\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9366-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Fans enjoying the Nipsey Hussle show at The New Parish in 2013\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9366-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9366-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9366-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9366-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9366-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9366-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans enjoying the Nipsey Hussle show at The New Parish in 2013 \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The shots came out blurry and out of focus. Some were too blown-out to bring back. I ended up posting two or three of the photos to social media, and didn’t do anything else with the rest of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last night, after I got the news Hussle was killed, I looked over the photos again. Shots that once looked like evidence that I was partying more than working now appear to be some of the greatest photos I’ve ever taken.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13854053\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13854053 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/13-800x771.png\" alt=\"The Jacka and Nipsey, both on stage in Heaven now\" width=\"800\" height=\"771\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/13-800x771.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/13-160x154.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/13-768x741.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/13-1020x984.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/13-32x32.png 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/13.png 1091w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Jacka and Nipsey Hussle. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I don’t remember much about that night—it’s all kind of hazy now. I know there was a bunch of weed. Probably some alcohol. My car window got shattered, but nothing was stolen. And the Jacka was there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kevin Allen, who once went on a 30-city tour with Hussle, was one of the opening acts. My friends from middle school and my homies from college were in the building too. And Hussle had on this chain with a big-ass gold Malcolm X pendant—his mindset in jewelry form.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the middle of rocking the stage, Hussle pulled an ace out the deck and brought out the Bay Area’s own beloved urban poet, the Jacka of Mobb Figaz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13854054\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13854054 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9354-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The stage was crowded at The Jack and Nipsey performed\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9354-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9354-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9354-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9354-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9354-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9354-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/IMG_9354.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Jacka and Nipsey Hussle on stage in 2013. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A year and a half later, in early 2015, the Jacka was shot and killed in East Oakland. I posted one of the photos from that night, Hussle shared it on social media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We never actually communicated, but we shared the same message, the same mindset.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13854086\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13854086 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/TheJack-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The Jacka!\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/TheJack-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/TheJack-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/TheJack-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/TheJack-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/TheJack-1200x799.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/TheJack.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Jacka. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">K\u003c/span>nown for his slogan “the marathon continues,” and his usage of the checkered race flag emoji on social media, Hussle was all about the long game. Winning in the end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was community-centric. He was working on \u003ca href=\"http://thesource.com/2019/04/01/dr-sebi-nipsey-hussle/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a documentary about Dr. Sebi\u003c/a>, the famed healer some believe the government doesn’t want us to know about. Hussle was a family man who often talked about his two children and significant other, model and actress Lauren London.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13854055\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13854055 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/2-800x823.png\" alt=\"Nipsey and his Malcolm X medallion\" width=\"800\" height=\"823\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/2-800x823.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/2-160x165.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/2-768x790.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/2-32x32.png 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/2-50x50.png 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/2.png 1014w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nipsey Hussle sported a Malcolm X medallion. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He was one of the strongest voices in today’s rap world. He had tracks with Rick Ross and Kendrick Lamar. He shared bars with Rapsody and Curren$y. He hung out courtside at the Lakers games, and took photos with L.A. native James Harden right after Harden won the MVP award. I think Nip had pics before the NBA did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was a rising star open about his shortcomings. A student of Steve Jobs, and supported by Diddy. Even Jay-Z purchased 100 copies of \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/natalierobehmed/2013/11/06/rapper-nipsey-hussle-and-the-100-mixtape/#631397aa4bc0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hussle’s $100 mixtape\u003c/a>, \u003cem>Crenshaw\u003c/em>, as a vote of confidence in his vision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was interested in prison reform and cooperative economics. He had songs that caused me to Google the term “integrated vertically.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He wasn’t just trying to get a piece of the American pie. He had his eye on the whole bakery—and breaking bread with his people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s why so many people are hurt. We’ve seen this story before. A black man from the hood doing good, only to get murdered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s the story of a kid from the concrete jungle of Northern America, who was in hot pursuit of the dream they told us we could achieve if we just worked hard. 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