10 Nipsey Hussle Quotes to Inspire and Motivate Anyone

I follow hip hop but not West Coast rap and only learned about the late recording artist Nipsey Hussle (real name:
Ermias Joseph Asghedom) when his album, “Victory Lap”, was up for a Grammy this year for Best Rap album. I listened during my work outs because people said it should win and I agreed it was pretty dope. (He lost to Cardi B)

I did not know about his entrepreneurial hustle and grind until after his tragic death last month at his Los Angeles, California store, Marathon Clothing, in the Crenshaw neighborhood allegedly at the hands of a former associate of his on March 31.

Since his passing, there have been many think pieces, articles, opinion pieces and endless memes (and countless conspiracy theories) about his death, life and accomplishments.

Most of them centered around this young revolutionary’s work to revitalize his community, invest in real estate and teach others to do the same and efforts to give back after striving for years to make it in the music and entertainment industry himself.

His talent was unrelenting and underground yet he never undervalued his own work, evidenced by the fact that as soon as he could contractually start earning money from music following a split with major record label Epic, he sold his mix tape for $100 a pop! Wow!

Music mogul Shawn “Jay Z” Carter recognized it as a hot commodity and grabbed 100 copies for himself. That’s $10,000 in sales from one customer! Gold!

Now that he is gone, leaving behind a daughter from a previous relationship and a son with actress Lauren London, his mom and other close relatives, friends and fans, we in the general population who were previously unaware of his body of work and philanthropy are now getting a chance to explore Hussle’s genius. (Btw for the youthful and unknowing, his moniker is a take off of his drive to work hard to achieve success and a spin off the late comedian and actor Nipsey Russell’s name as well).

In one of his famous quotes, a line from his 2009 song “Killer”, Hussle spit, “Before rap my last name was my lifestyle, and when I visualize success it looked like right now.”

Love it! I’m all about quotes!

I love and live by inspirational quotes and have published previous tributes to the words of famous people including Octavia Butler, Tom Ford, Stan Lee, Ray Bradbury, Dr. Seuss, Dr. Wayne Dyer, International Women, Mohammed Ali, Jr, StartUps, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Maya Angelou and World Leaders,

So, naturally, I thought a great way to honor Hussle would be to curate some of his inspirational words that have motivated and inspired me as a founder, creator and entrepreneur.

(this post was originally published in Jenebaspeaks.com)