Rapper Nipsey Hussle linked to an officer involved shooting in South LA

By Alex A. Alonso
Streetgangs.com Staff Writer
March 18, 2011 11:58 p.m.

The LAPD are still investigating an officer involved shooting that took place Friday evening at Crenshaw and Slauson in South Los Angeles. The LAPD had been responding to a fight between Los Angeles based rapper Ermias “Nipsey Hussle” Asghedom, 25, and his former manager Eugene “Big U” Henley.

The two were once close business partners when the rapper signed with Cinematic/Epic records in 2007. Plans to release his first studio album, South Central State of Mind, were to follow after his three mixtapes from the series Bullets Aint Got No Name were an instant hit on the underground, but that album was never released.

This evening the two men got into physical altercation near the alley at the rear of the Shell gas station at Crenshaw and Slauson in Hyde Park. According to eye witnesses, Nipsey’s brother, Samiel Asghedom pulled out a gun to defend his brother and fired into the air to end the conflict. That’s when an LAPD officer arrived on the scene and fired at the brother, missing him.

Eugene "Big U" Henley

Eugene “Big U” Henley

According to LAPD Sergeant Ron Lopez, no one was hit and five people were taken into custody. Sgt. Lopez told streetgangs.com that no one has been booked yet, so the names of those five individuals have not been released, but we know that Henley, Nipsey and his brother were taken into custody Friday night and are being held at LAPD’s 77th Division.

Henley is the executive director of Developing Options, a non-profit community revitalization team dedicated to empowering youth from underprivileged communities in South LA.

26 Comments for “Rapper Nipsey Hussle linked to an officer involved shooting in South LA”

  1. Tray's Up

    I thought that Big U and Nipsey was cool like that. This dont make no sense.

  2. ILUVTWEET

    I heard that Nipsey or his brother or someone was shot. Another rapper involved in a shooting. A shame man.

  3. fingmself

    How could there be an officer shoot at them and miss? I heard that someone got shot. Is this a cover up?

  4. realdeal

    this is what happened, NOBODY got shot, only shot at. Big U was whopping Nispey Hussle’s ass, then his punk as brother pulled a gun to get Big U off of Nip. Nip brother, Black Sam, got scared and shot the gun in the air, when the popo pulled up, and then popo started popping off their gun, but some how, NOBODY got ked and nobody got shot.

  5. yung100

    Money make u do strange thangs

  6. itsme

    NIPSEYS BROTHER liveD BLACC SAM IS DEAD

  7. gwayne

    BLACC SAM AIN’T DEAD.. Cuzz did what he did to defend his lil brother.. But what happen wit U and Nip is 60s Bussiness..

  8. THE LOC

    U Ni66ahS AINT FROM 60 NEED TO ish YO MOUTH TIL U KNOW THE TRUTH. TRAMPS

  9. THE LOC

    U Ni66ahS AINT FROM 60 NEED TO ish YO MOUTH TIL U KNOW THE TRUTH. TRAMPS

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  11. 1x7 st

    its was really the H1X7VERZ that bust but becase they dont want to scare the public the information was changed. Listen up people i know the real but please dont tell any one …THE H1X7VERZ DID IT. i was there i saw the guy. The man had a STAR hat on and he yelled ” WEST SIDE 1X7 SELX SIDE H247VERZ” AND THEN I HEARD BOOM BOOM verzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

  12. MR.ALWAYS ON SLAUSON

    MAN CUZ ONNA SET AINT NO SCARY ASS EXTINCT ASS 107K SNUVAS DID stuff. DAT Ni66ah BIG U TO AGGRESIVE AND TRYNA MUNIPULATE THE SITUATION NIPP N HIS BRO DONT NEED TO F#%K WIT CUZ ANYWAY BAD BIZZNESS HE GON STAY LIMITED AND ONLY MAKIN HOOD MUSIC IF HE CONTINUE TO F#%K WIT BIG U…..HE DONT NEED BIG U FA stuff!

  13. Roco Bomer

    It do make sense. I don’t believe it when to people fight over bullish, when other people are dying for nothing. Nipsey is working around ungodly people. I hope he would just leave those Ni66ahs alone and do him. Every time someone makes money a Ni66ah always try to take another Ni66ahs money. Nipsey need to help those who got a godly love for him not just hood Ni66ahs. Good will come out of this god is watching. God Bless the Asghedom Family!!!!!! Ni66ahs stop lying Blacc Sam is not dead.

  14. Achayo

    This punk ass Big U needs to chill out he shouldnt mess with Nipsey, big up BlackSam for protecting his lil bro!

  15. UNEEK MUSIC

    OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM UNEEK MUSIC AND BIG U’S PR.

    The altercation bewteen Big U and Nipsey Hussle was over gang banging
    polictics no more or no less. Big U is not Nipsey Hussle’s manager and
    hasn’t been his manager for some time .Big U has absolutely nothing to
    do with his music or career.The fight had absolutely nothing to do
    with money or music .Big U did beat up Nipsey Hussle ,his brother and
    father.Nipsey’s brother started shooting to stop Big U from beating up
    his family .LAPD started shooting at Nipsey’s brother because he was
    armed.No one was shot

    THIS IS A OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE FROM UNEEK MUSIC

  16. ohsnap

    Typical napp behavior

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