Snoop Dogg, the West Coast rap godfather who collaborated with Hussle several times, appeared visibly choked up as he talked of how often the MC was compared to him in his early years, and laughed when he remembered Hussle urging him to open up his own amusement park. (A flag was also draped across his casket onstage.) Music during the ceremony was provided by Marsha Ambrosias, Anthony Hamilton, Jhene Aiko and, finally, Stevie Wonder, who spoke of the need to end gun violence before performing “Rocket Love” and Eric Clapton’s “Tears in Heaven.” With the title track from “Victory Lap” playing on a continuous loop as congregants filed in, the service started on a celebratory note, the crowd rising to its feet as a DJ played Hussle tracks, with spontaneous “Nipsey” chants breaking out between songs and congregants waving Eritrean flags in honor of the rapper’s heritage. “What’s in you they can’t take away, and he’s in all of us” ~ Lauren London❤️? #CelebrationOfNipseyHussle /tDFNSolKoR But as today’s memorial movingly proved, he was a deeply beloved and influential figure in the hip-hop community and his hometown, with his philanthropy and burgeoning community outreach in South LA mentioned almost as often as music. Hussle - who was shot multiple times on March 31 in front of his own Marathon Clothing boutique on Slauson and Crenshaw in South LA – never gained Jackson’s level of international fame, having only recently released his first full-length album, the Grammy-nominated “Victory Lap,” after a decade’s worth of mixtapes that made up the bulk of his artistic output. The last time the Staples Center hosted a memorial service was back in 2009, in honor of Michael Jackson.
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Over the weekend, Snoop Dogg performed at this year's Super Bowl Halftime Show, alongside peers including Dr Dre, Mary J Blige, Eminem and Kendrick Lamar.Offering closure after nearly two weeks of impromptu tributes across the city, murdered Los Angeles rapper and entrepreneur Ermias “ Nipsey Hussle” Asghedom was celebrated with a three-hour memorial service at Staples Center on Thursday, featuring tributes, performances and eulogies from family and famous friends in front of a massive crowd at the 20,000-capacity venue. Ireland's representative in Turin will be the pop star Brooke Scullion, who won a national public vote to perform her entry, That's Rich. While the UK's entry has yet to be announced, they will be hand-selected by the management team behind Dua Lipa and Lana Del Rey. The American Song Contest will be broadcast over eight weeks on NBC premiering March 21, before the grand final on May 9.Īs for Eurovision, this year's contest will take place in Turin, Italy following Maneskin's record-breaking win last year.
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Kelly added: " I have been a fan and love the concept of Eurovision and am thrilled to bring the musical phenomenon to America."
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The American Song Contest will see 56 acts take to the stage, 50 to represent each of the American states, plus one from the country's capital Washington, DC and five other US territories.Īnnouncing the news yesterday (February 14), Snoop said he was honoured to MC the event "alongside my lil sis Kelly, aka Miss Texas." MORE: Mika to co-host Eurovision 2022 The programme is not an official spin-off of Eurovision, but instead a competition that is heavily modelled and adapted from its European counterpart. Snoop Dogg and Kelly Clarkson have been announced as the hosts for the US' answer to Eurovision, the American Song Contest.