Thousands set to attend Nipsey Hussle's funeral at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
In life, Nipsey Hussle last took center court at the Staples Center on March 9 to perform during the halftime of a Clippers' NBA basketball game., the Grammy-nominated artist is set to fill the marquee Los Angeles venue on his own when a public memorial for him gets underway Thursday morning.
The service at the 21,000-seat downtown L.A. arena is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. local time and is expected to draw from a who's-who list of celebrities and politicians. The memorial service will be followed by a 25-mile funeral procession to Hussle's final resting place, Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The cortège is expected to travel through Los Angeles' Crenshaw District, where Hussle grew up and wasThousands of fans are expected to line the procession route, which will go past the intersection of Crenshaw Boulevard and West Slauson Avenue.
Hussle, a father of two young children, had invested heavily in the Crenshaw District, opening several businesses and employing people from the community.
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