You see, Nipsey was a member of the Rollin’ 60s, and he was rapping about what he knew.ĭEVI BROWN: And so, we had to make the decision to remove the record.
“I’m turnt up cause I grew up in the Sixties” - another reference to the gang. JUSTIN TINSLEY: “Blue Rag, S-hat” - yeah, that’s a Rollin’ 60s reference. You guys are promoting Rollin’ 60s Crips on the airwaves.” JUSTIN TINSLEY: There was one problem, though: Devi and her colleagues didn’t realize there were so many references to the Rollin’ 60s Crips embedded in the song.ĭEVI BROWN: We started getting a lot of backlash from community leaders and activists within LA specifically saying, “Listen, this is out of control. He used to just call me like, “Yo, how’s the song doing? Yo, we getting requests?” Like, he was so pumped to be able to turn it on and hear himself. JUSTIN TINSLEY: Hearing his song blasting on the airwaves in his hometown was a major moment for 23-year-old Nipsey Hussle.ĭEVI BROWN: And I remember he was so excited. The 2008 banger was a callback to the classic LA gangsta rap days of the late 80s and 90s, but now, Nipsey was the charismatic tour guide for this new generation.ĭEVI BROWN: This is the first time Nip had been on the radio and had saturation on the radio and the record was doing well, people loved this song. JUSTIN TINSLEY: Devi Brown and her colleagues at KDAY loved “Hussle in the House.” So much so that they hand cut a clean edit so they could play it on air. DEVI BROWN: Once an hour, you were going to hear “Hussle in the House” on our radio station.
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