Nipsey Hussle’s philanthropy will not go in vain. California Rep. Karen Bass, who represents the South Los Angeles district Nipsey is from, revealed her plans to add the Nipsey’s philanthropic efforts to the Congressional Record in a tweet on Wednesday night.
“I will be heading to the House Floor next week to formally enter Nipsey Hussle’s contributions to South Los Angeles into the Congressional Record where it will be a part of United States history forever,” Bass wrote.
In a statement to ABC News on Thursday (April 4), Bass elaborated on why she feels Nipsey was so important to the community.
“Nipsey was a proponent of community development at the real estate and intellectual level,” she said. “In real estate, he was all about empowerment, specifically when it came to the economic opportunity in South L.A.—being a part of the opportunity by becoming a real estate owner himself and immediately using the stores he opened as opportunities for employment for the community.”
Nipsey was also known for his entrepreneurial exploits. In an interview with ABC, Nipsey’s brother, Sam Asghedom, gave a rundown of all the businesses that Nipsey owned.
In the interview, Asghedom, mentioned Nipsey’s retail store, The Marathon, as well as co-working space Vector 90, Steve’s Barbershop, Elite Human Hair, a cell phone shop called Wireless Connection, restaurants Baba Leos and Fish Shack, a partnership with Fatburger in Crenshaw, Marathon Studios and his label, All Money in Records.
In addition to his businesses, Nipsey was active in helping combat gun and gang violence. He was even set to meet with the LAPD on Monday (April 1) to discuss efforts to curb gang violence in the city—just one day after he was shot and killed outside of his store. A petition has since been launched to rename the intersection of Crenshaw and Slauson where the store is located to Nipsey Hussle Blvd. It has amassed over 384,000 signatures since its creation on Monday, making it the “largest music-related petition spike” in Change.org’s history, according to the site’s reps.
You can view Congresswoman Karen Bass’ tweet for yourself below.
I will be heading to the House Floor next week to formally enter Nipsey Hussle’s contributions to South Los Angeles into the Congressional Record where it will be a part of United States history forever.
— Congressmember Bass (@RepKarenBass) April 4, 2019
