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What he stood for, what he was in the midst Inspiration through his music flowed like water, some for jaywa urdays: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Sundays: noon5 p.m. Local of becoming, for his community and beyond, transcended of my favorites include “Hussle and Motivate”, “Victory sponsors for this year’s campaign include: John Balfanz the music. Lap”, “Grinding All My Life”, and “Down as a Great” Homes, Eyewitness News, KUZZ 107.9 FM, The BaNipsey was hard to miss standing at 6’3’ tall, long hair just to name a few. His music seems to always contain parkersfield Californian, Mor Furniture for Less, El Popular, and a thick beard, he had presence. When you spoke to allels to the grind, leveling up, doing better for yourself, The Bakersfield Observer, Kern Schools Federal Credit him, he looked you directly in the eye, shook your hand, ownership and wanting more. I can particularly relate to Union, Epsilon Sigma Alpha, as well as national sponsors and gave you the respect of his careful attention. Every fan the lyrics about carrying the weight of family and friends Brizo, Shaw Floors, Trane and Bosch. The St Jude Dream mattered to him. Even down to expressing his appreciaand with getting comfortable with being uncomfortable. I Home Giveaway is in its 28th year and has built over 500 tion for my father, an even bigger fan than me. Watching hear his music differently now in songs like “Racks In The houses helping raise more than $425 million dollars to him grow as a black man in a system purely designed for Middle”, where he eerily references death. It becomes difcontinue the life-saving work of St Jude Children’s Rehis failure and seeing him come out of it, is a powerful ficult not to focus on how much good he could have done search Hospital. example of the human will. He was relatable, in a space Nipsey Hussle. (BET.com courtesy photo) if he were still with us, how many lives were inspired by his where he had every reason to leave the streets behind, run work, and how many more could have been changed. and never look back. He did the opposite. From the very delivering our newspaper and being greeted by his close He challenged every stereotype to forget what is bebeginning he had a spirit of entrepreneurship. He regularly friend and business partner Adam with their patent “Top lieved about street life and dig deeper. He was educated, discussed investments through his music. Like the 2018, of the top”. His Vector 90 space is serving as a conduit to hardworking, hands on and didn’t cut corners. Nipsey ungrand reopening of the Marathon Clothing Store. A smart connect Crenshaw to Silicon Valley by offering tech men- derstood on a deeper level what the streets and the culstore designed to infuse technology and fashion, positioned torship, shared creative space, and cultural connections and ture needed. He wanted to leave South Central better than directly on the corner, not far from where he once sold support. He also kept philanthropy at the forefront of his what was given to him. And we believe he has done just GORMAN, Calif. (AP) – Authorities say a mixtapes and his brother sold t-shirts and socks. He also radar. In partnership with Puma, he secured a $10,000 do- that. Here at The Observer, we honor Nipsey and pray for 21-month-old baby has died after being injured in a nation and the painting of the basketball courts at the local owns the cellular phone store and was preparing to reopen the family and community, and that the legacy of his sucmajor pileup last weekend on Interstate 5 north of Los a healthy fish restaurant and a barbershop, a memorial to a 59th Street Elementary School. He also fed and gave to the cess will far out last the pain of his loss. Angeles. fallen friend, in the same strip mall adjacent to the clothing community homeless regularly. He even had plans to meet The California Highway Patrol tells KERO-TV store. I have fond memories of going into the Phone Store with the Los Angeles Chief of Police this week to discuss that the child - whose name has not been released – died Wednesday. Several people were injured in a series of crashes involving up to 50 cars amid thick fog on March 23 near Gorman. The CHP said Saturday that the child was properly strapped into a car seat at the time of the crash. The pileup happened along the Grapevine section of I-5, which carries traffic over mountains between greater Los Angeles and the San Joaquin Valley.
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Willful Disregard for Human Life LOS ANGELES (AP) – Los Angeles police have arrested a 17-year-old boy on suspicion of murder after he allegedly caused a multi-vehicle crash that killed one person and injured three others. Officials say the teen was driving recklessly in a 2019 Mercedes-Benz when he ran a red light at an intersection in the Woodland Hills neighborhood late Friday. Investigators say the Mercedes struck a Toyota Tacoma pickup, killing the driver. After hitting the pickup, the Mercedes then struck two SUVs -T a Ford Expedition and Lexus RX400. The suspect and his passenger were transported to a hospital. The Los Angeles Fire Department says two survivors of the crash were in serious condition while another sustained minor injuries. A police statement says the teen driver “displayed a willful disregard for human life.” Nipsey Hussle at the 2019 Grammy Awards this past February. (David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
Nipsey Hussle at a basketball court refurbishment in October in L.A. (Jerritt Clark/Getty Images)
Bias and Non-Attention Given to Black Girls Who Disappear
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent Have you heard of Andreen Nicole McDonald of Texas? She’s young, just 29 years old, pretty, married to a military husband and missing. Like thousands of other black females who’ve gone missing, there has been no national media coverage of her
Andreen Nicole McDonald. (courtesy Daily Mail)
disappearance. Earlier this month, her husband, Andre McDonald, was arrested in connection to his wife’s disappearance. Andreeen is still missing, but presumed dead. Police say that Andre McDonald bought a shovel, an ax, two five-gallon drums of gasoline, work gloves, heavy duty trash bags and a “burn barrel,” after friends reported his wife missing. “He tried to destroy the receipt for those items to conceal the timing and whereabouts of his purchase,” said Deidra Robey, founder of Black and Missing But Not Forgotten, a nonprofit based in Baton Rouge, La. “After his arrest, the news coverage seemed to stop. It did not go beyond local news, and even though the FBI is involved in the case, the story was never picked up nationally. I can only imagine that this is because she’s just not the right color,” Robey said. When Victoria S. Wright was last seen, at about 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 27, the 13-year-old was clutching a silver fannie pack and standing on the porch of a family member’s home along Dale Drive in Portsmouth, Virginia. Wearing a black hoodie with white writing, light colored blue jeans, and light blue and white tennis shoes, Victoria suddenly vanished. Police suspect she may have run away. However, there’s a chance that the longer she’s missing Victoria, like McDonald and so many others, will join an ever-growing list of black girls who are gone and have been sadly forgotten by mainstream media, where coverage is too-often manipulated by the latest thong or see-through attire worn by a Kardashian, or the most recent tantrum thrown by President Donald Trump. As Trump cries that a border wall is needed to eliminate an imaginary crisis, organizations like the Black and Missing But Not Forgotten, the Black and Missing Foundation (BAM) in Landover Hills, Maryland, and the NaContinued on page A5
NAACP Celebrates 50th Image Awards
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) – The NAACP will celebrate its 50th Image Awards by paying homage to stars including Donald Glover, Beyonce and the film “Black Panther.” Anthony Anderson returns as host of the show honoring entertainers and writers of color at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Saturday evening. It airs live on TV One. Glover is nominated for acting and directing on “Atlanta,” which is up for best comedy series. Glover’s alter-ego Childish Gambino is nominated for top male performer and his song “This is America” is nominated for best video and song. “Black Panther” is nominated for 14 awards, with star Chadwick Boseman and director Ryan Coogler contending for entertainer of the year along with Beyonce, LeBron James and Regina King. One nominee who’s not planning to attend is embattled “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett.
Police Arrest 3 for Crashing Mall’s Can Food Display
Victoria S. Wright. (courtesy NCMEC)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Police have arrested three juveniles suspected of crashing a display of 1,800food cans collected for an Alaska food bank. The chest-high structure built by 17 engineering students at Anchorage’s Dimond High School was displayed at the Dimond Center mall. The display was the only student structure in an annual “Canstructure” competition, which raises food donations for the Food Bank of Alaska. Architecture and engineering firms entered a dozen other entries. Anchorage police say the suspects slammed their bodies into the display Sunday night and fled. Two suspects are from Dimond High. The third is a home-school student. Police forwarded vandalism charges on all three to juvenile authorities. The food was valued at $2,300. Many of the cans were damaged. The food bank is evaluating whether damaged cans can be accepted.