The death of Nipsey Hussle in March 2019, at the age of 33, had deeply moved the United States. After the drama, many stars had paid tribute to this very estimated rapper in the world of hip-hop.
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The member of a gang who had shot the Californian rapper Nipsey Hussle at Los Angeles in 2019 was sentenced on Wednesday 23 February of imprisonment on Wednesday. Eric Holder, 32, had recognized during his trial that he killed Nipsey Hussle, rising star of American rap. But he assured that he had acted “in passion”, without having planned his gesture.
A version to which jurors did not subscribe to his trial. Last July, they found him guilty of assassination and thus estimated that it was a premeditated act.
On Wednesday, the judge responsible for fixing the sanction of Mr. Holder sentenced him to a minimum sentence of 25 years for murder, accompanied by an additional 25 -year sentence due to the use of a weapon fire. He also received an additional 10 years for having shot and injured two other men who were nearby.
many tributes
The death of Nipsey Hussle in March 2019, at the age of 33, had deeply moved the United States. After the drama, many stars, including Stevie Wonder and Snoop Dogg, had paid tribute to this very estimated rapper in the world of hip-hop. Tens of thousands of people had attended the ceremony organized in his memory in Los Angeles, where a message from former American president Barack Obama had been read.
Despite the creation of his clothing store in the southern district of Los Angeles where he had grown up, Nipsey Hussle had remained linked to the universe Gangs in which he was built. His murderer Eric Holder was a member of the “Rollin 60s Crips”, an organization to which the rapper had also belonged. Before dying, the artist had confronted his murderer by telling him of rumors who accused him of being a “balance”.
During the trial, the prosecutor had considered that the assassin had “all the time premeditating” his gesture. Nipsey Hussle, born Ermias Asghedom in a family of Eritrean origin, was honored posthumously by two Grammy Awards in 2020, for his titles “Racks in the Middle” and “Higher”. Last August, he also obtained a posthumous star on Hollywood Boulevard.