Nipsey Hussle died in the Marathon Clothing lot. Will his legacy die there, too?
LOS ANGELES - Nipsey Hussle's star power radiated from a single point - the South Los Angeles strip mall where he sold CDs from his car as a fledgling rapper and where he centered his business ventures as his celebrity grew.
In the months since the rapper and activist was gunned down there on March 31, the rectangle of asphalt at Slauson Avenue and Crenshaw Boulevard has become more hallowed still.
Fans have descended from all over to snap selfies in front of Hussle's store, the Marathon Clothing, and next to the larger-than-life murals that have sprouted up to honor a man who was a beacon of hope for African Americans.
But trouble that has long brewed at the strip mall has taken on larger dimensions since Hussle's death.
Hussle's fellow Rollin' 60s Crips, grieving a homie who made it big yet kept it real, continued to hang out there. Tourists have been robbed. A man was fatally stabbed.
And then earlier this month, a fence went up.
Hussle's business partner, David Gross, said he had erected the fence in preparation for the property's next phase - a mixed-use development called Nipsey Hussle Tower that will include a museum.
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