Nipsey Hussle

Eric Holder gunned down the musician outside his clothing store in March 2019, sending shockwaves across the community.

Nicholson, who took a selfie with Hussle, said that after Holder and Hussle’s conversation ended, the two started driving away, but Holder asked to pull over to finish eating food he had ordered. Nipsey Hussle’s brother, Samiel Asghedom, who was on the scene minutes after his brother was shot, has been working on opening a new Marathon store in his brother’s honor. Hussle told Holder that there was gossip in the community that Holder had been “snitching” and working with police, according to testimony from a former Rollin’ 60s member and longtime friend of Hussle who also worked at the Marathon store. The two stopped by the store and Holder got out and had an approximately four-minute conversation with Hussle, LA prosecutor John McKinney told a grand jury. Hussle and Holder were acquaintances who grew up in the same neighborhood and both had been affiliated with the local Rollin’ 60s gang. Holder was arrested two days after the shooting and charged with murder and attempted murder.

Eric Holder Jr., the gang member who killed rapper Nipsey Hussle, was convicted of murder Wednesday in the 2019 slaying. Hussle, a fast-rising rap artist ...

Hussle’s lone full-fledged album, “Victory Lap,” was nominated for a Grammy in the best rap album category in 2018. After 2 days of deliberation, jurors sided with prosecutors, rejecting the idea that the killing had been an spur-of-the-moment act of passion. Hussle, a fast-rising rap artist and himself an avowed member of the Rollin 60s gang, was signing autographs for fans on March 31, 2019, outside a clothing store he owned in the Crenshaw neighborhood where he grew up when Holder Jr. approached. He knows the consequences of being called a snitch in this manner.” Los Angeles County Deputy Dist. Atty. John McKinney dismissed Jansen’s argument as “ridiculous” and other gang members took the stand to testify that Hussle’s comment alone would have hardly been enough to put Holder in danger. Jansen’s argument hinged on the words that Holder and Hussle, whose real name was Ermias Asghedom, allegedly exchanged minutes before the shooting.

A jury found Eric R. Holder Jr. guilty of first-degree murder for the 2019 killing of Hussle, an artist who devoted his adult life to championing his South ...

At no point in Hussle’s conversation with Mr. Holder, he said, did he sense that the rapper was at risk. His lawyer said that his client had been punched in the face and “sliced with some kind of razor.” “Even people who are shot don’t want to come in and testify against Rollin’ 60s gang members,” Mr. Jansen said in an interview after the verdict. In that testimony, Ms. Nicholson said that when Mr. Holder got back into her car, he told her to drive or he would slap her. While Mr. Holder was repeatedly identified as the gunman, lawyers on both sides cited some witnesses’ reluctance to testify in detail, or even show up to court, for fear of retribution. But prosecutors said Hussle told Mr. Holder that there were rumors going around the neighborhood that he had snitched. Mr. Holder, a fellow member of the Rollin’ 60s Crips, approached Hussle for a brief conversation while Ms. Nicholson waited in the car, she said. At that time, Bryannita Nicholson, a woman Mr. Holder had been casually dating, was driving him around the area, Ms. Nicholson testified. That Mr. Holder pulled the trigger was not in dispute in court. On the Sunday that Hussle was killed, he had stopped by the shopping plaza for an unannounced visit, as he often did, according to court testimony. Along the way, Hussle had also preached Black empowerment through business and education, investing his winnings as a musician in the neighborhood where he was raised. Mr. Jansen said that in sentencing, he will ask the judge to consider Mr. Holder’s mental health history, including a years-old schizophrenia diagnosis.

The jury also found Eric R. Holder Jr. guilty of two counts of attempted voluntary manslaughter instead of two attempted murder counts as prosecutors sought ...

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Eric Holder has been convicted of the murder of rapper Nipsey Hussle. Holder has pleaded not guilty.

Hussle was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. Hussle was standing in a parking lot when Holder allegedly approached and shot him multiple times, police said. "It was always going to be tough given the high profile circumstances surrounding the case," Jansen said.

Eric R. Holder Jr.'s lawyer argued his client shot and killed Nipsey Hussle in the "heat of passion."

Jansen said Holder acted in the “heat of passion” after Hussle said there were rumors Holder was working with authorities. After years of putting out music, Hussle released his first and only studio album, “Victory Lap,” in February 2018; it debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, and peaked at No. 2 after his death. Hussle, the Grammy-nominated artist born Ermias Joseph Asghedom, was shot in March 2019 outside the Marathon Clothing Store, a business he owned in his south Los Angeles, his hometown.

Jurors have found a 32-year-old man guilty of first-degree murder for the 2019 fatal shooting of rapper Nipsey Hussle.

The shooting followed a conversation the two men had about rumors that Holder had been acting as an informant for authorities. “We are both proud and I am a little relieved that the verdict came in a complete, absolute agreement with the charges that Eric Holder murdered Ermias Asghedom in cold blood,” Deputy District Attorney John McKinney said outside the courtroom. Holder, wearing a blue suit and face mask, stood up in the small court room next to his lawyer as the verdict was read. A pair of typos on the verdict form discovered as the results were read forced jurors to briefly return to deliberations before the outcome could be made official, but they had no bearing on the outcome. Holder also was found guilty of two counts of assault with a firearm on the same men. The Los Angeles County jury also found Eric R. Holder Jr. guilty of two counts of attempted voluntary manslaughter for gunfire that hit other men at the scene.

The Los Angeles County jury also found Eric R. Holder Jr. guilty of two counts of attempted voluntary manslaughter instead of two attempted murder counts as ...

The shooting followed a conversation the two men had about rumors that Holder had been acting as an informant for authorities. “We are both proud and I am a little relieved that the verdict came in a complete, absolute agreement with the charges that Eric Holder murdered Ermias Asghedom in cold blood,” Deputy District Attorney John McKinney said outside the courtroom. Holder, wearing a blue suit and face mask, stood up in the small court room next to his lawyer as the verdict was read. A pair of typos on the verdict form discovered as the results were read forced jurors to briefly return to deliberations before the outcome could be made official, but they had no bearing on the outcome. Holder also was found guilty of two counts of assault with a firearm on the same men. The Los Angeles County jury also found Eric R. Holder Jr. guilty of two counts of attempted voluntary manslaughter for gunfire that hit other men at the scene.

A California man was found guilty on Wednesday of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Grammy-winning Los Angeles rapper Nipsey Hussle in 2019.

Hussle, who was 33 when he died, had publicly acknowledged that he joined a gang as a teenager. Holder did not testify during the trial. Prosecutors said Holder shot Hussle at least 10 times when the pair had a chance meeting on a Sunday afternoon in the neighborhood where they both grew up.

In 2019, rising rap star Nipsey Hussle was shot and killed outside his own South LA clothing store. A jury has just found the shooter, a man named Eric R.

LIMBONG: Nipsey Hussle was a revered figure in his scene. The two men were part of the same gang, the Rollin 60s, and when Nipsey Hussle called Holder a snitch, it enraged him enough that Holder left and returned with a gun 9 minutes later and shot and killed the rapper. ANDREW LIMBONG, BYLINE: During the trial, Eric R. Holder's defense argued that it was a crime of passion.

Hussle was fatally shot outside of the clothing store he owned in Los Angeles in March 2019.

Meanwhile, Holder's attorney Aaron Jansen told the jury that Hussle's murder wasn't planned, and said Holder didn't mean to shoot the two bystanders. The deputy district attorney said the pair, along with two of Hussle's friends, had a "cool conversation" with Holder prior to the attack, noting Hussle didn't have any security with him when he visited his store. When the trial began last month, prosecutors said Holder's attack was calculated and premeditated.