'How Nipsey Hussle inspired thousands of Eritrean Americans' via PostEverything
A man touches a mural depicting rapper Nipsey Hussle on Tuesday in Los Angeles. By Master Tesfatsion Master Tesfatsion Reporter who covered the Washington Redskins. Bio Follow Master Tesfatsion covered the Washington Redskins for The Washington Post. He left The Post in December 2017. He previously covered the Minnesota Vikings for the Star Tribune for two seasons before joining The Post in 2015.
Hussle took his first trip to Eritrea in 2004, when he stayed for three months, then went back again last year after the release of his Grammy-nominated album “Victory Lap.” He described his first trip as life-altering, speaking candidly and openly about the Eritrean American experience with prominent radio personalities and giving Eritreans here a platform we’ve never had before.
He used the analogy of a marathon, fitting for a country synonymous with world-class long-distance runners, in his music and clothing brand to capture his growth as a prominent independent artist, an entrepreneur and a human over the past 14 years. It served as the soundtrack for a diaspora burdened by the dangerous journey their parents made to migrate to the United States, grinding to make sure that sacrifice doesn’t die in vain.
When Eritrean American actress and comedian Tiffany Haddish, who also grew up in Los Angeles, wore an Eritrean zuria dress on the red carpet during last year’s Academy Awards to honor her recently deceased Eritrean father, I asked Hussle about her gesture. “I felt like I was with Malcolm X,” Berhe said about sharing the stage with Hussle. “You just got that feel that he was just somebody really important, like he was manifested. It was amazing.”
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