The city of Los Angeles is no stranger to epic street gatherings for everything from sports victory parades to televised car chases.
But on Thursday it will host a much more sombre -- although likely equally large -- affair when it lays to rest one of its native sons, rapper Nipsey Hussle.
"I definitely plan to be out there and paying my final respects," said Glauz Diego who, although he didn't follow Hussle's music closely, was proud to meet him when the rapper stopped by the offices of the Los Angeles Community Coalition where Diego is one of the executives. The rapper had come to meet with local officials to discuss ways to improve the community.
Instead, they've been urged to line the route that will wind through South Los Angeles and into the Watts neighbourhood, where Venus and Serena Williams emerged from modest public courts to become tennis superstars.
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