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Gang member found guilty of murder in slaying of rapper Nipsey Hussle

LOS ANGELES — 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 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 Los Angeles' Crenshaw neighborhood where he grew up when Holder approached. Holder ...
A young girl poses with a Nipsey Hussle mural near the strip mall property owned by Nipsey Hussle in South Los Angeles, on July 18, 2019.

LOS ANGELES — 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 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 Los Angeles' Crenshaw neighborhood where he grew up when Holder approached. Holder

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