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The CW's 'All American' pens a 'love letter' to Nipsey Hussle and South L.A.

LOS ANGELES - In the season premiere of the CW's "All American" Monday night, there's no escaping the presence that looms as large over the episode as the series' many drone shots from high above Los Angeles: the death of Nipsey Hussle.

Born Ermias Asghedom, the rapper, entrepreneur and philanthropist was gunned down at 33 in front of his Crenshaw store in March. Months later, the community he called home remains shaken by the loss of a gifted artist and force for positive change.

As a show that

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