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A jury found a 32-year-old man for murdering a rapper in 2019Nipsey Hussle.
Eric R. Holder Jr. was convicted of two crimes and one murder of a Los Angeles County jury voluntarily committing manslaughter on Wednesday.
Holder and Hustle grew up as members of the same South Los Angeles street gang for years when a chance encounter outside a rapper's Los Angeles clothing store led to a shooting and his death. I did. The evidence for the
holder was overwhelming, from witnesses to local company surveillance cameras that captured his arrivals, shootings, and departures.
A 32-year-old man convicted of murder Received Nipsey Hustle. (AP, file)
The last moment of the rapper Nipsey Hussle when the manslaughter trial begins
His lawyer did not even deny that he was a shooter, but urged the jury to admit that he had committed manslaughter. .. The shooting of
Hustleoccurred after a conversation between the two that the holder was an informant of the authorities. Holder's lawyer argued that the shooting was due to the "enthusiasm" being accused of "snitching," and deputy district attorney John McKinney said the crime was planned after nine minutes had passed. Insisted.
Defendant Eric Holder Jr., Right, and He Attorney Aaron Janssen appears in court. (AP, Frederick M. Brown via Pool / Daily Mail.com)
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The Hustle Death Trial began on June 15, and the jury deliberated for six hours over a two-day period.
Hussle, whose name is Ermias Asghedom, died at the age of 33. He just released his major label debut album and was nominated for his first Grammy Award when he was shot.
Holder is in the opening statement of Wednesday's murder trial Listen to, June 15, at the Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles. (AP, Frederick M. Brown via Pool / Daily Mail.com)
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The rapper is survived by his longtime partner Lauren London and his son, and a daughter shared with his former partner.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Lauryn Overhultz is FoxNews Digital's entertainment writer.
