Who currently owns Marathon Clothing Company? Nipsey Hussle’s girlfriend Lauren London will split 50% of brand
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: According to Samiel Asghedom, a.k.a. Blacc Sam, Nipsey Hussle's brother and business partner, the late rapper's brick-and-mortar shop, The Marathon Clothing store on Slauson Avenue in Los Angeles, is owned in his children's names, Emani and Kross.
Ermias Asghedom, better known as Nipsey Hussle, was murdered four years ago on March 31, 2019, at the age of 33, yet the rapper and community activist’s influence remains deeply embedded in popular culture.
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Asghedom appeared as a guest on the 'Earn Your Leisure' podcast, where he revealed that the late Grammy winner's fourteen-year-old daughter, Emani Asghedom, and six-year-old son, Kross Asghedom, will become owners of his The Marathon Clothing retail store in Los Angeles and will be free to do whatever they want with it going forward.
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Lauren London, Nipsey's girlfriend, and Kross Asghedom’s mother, will receive half of the money in the bank accounts and split across his various businesses.
How was Nipsey Hussle murdered?
In March 2019, Nipsey Hussle was shot in his The Marathon Clothing store's parking lot.
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On February 22, 2023, the murderer Eric Holder Jr, 33, was sentenced to life in prison for Nipsey Hussle's murder.
On top of that, Holder "received 25 years to life on the murder count, an additional 25 to life for a sentencing enhancement due to a gun being used, and another 10 years for shooting two other men that same day who ultimately survived the shooting."
Per The Shade Room, Nipsey Hussle and Eric Holder Jr were briefly friends when they were growing up as members of the Rollin’ 60s in South Los Angeles.
Both had aspirations of becoming rappers, however, only Hussle went on to make a name for himself. Holder allegedly shot Hussle during a chat.
What did Blacc Sam share on the podcast?
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Sam was entrusted to manage Nipey's accounts following his death in 2019. Nipsey's son Kross, whom he had with girlfriend Lauren London, and his daughter Emani, whom he had with ex-Tanisha Foster, are the only two beneficiaries of the estate.
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Sam revealed to the ‘Earn Your Leisure’ hosts Rashad Bilal and Troy Millings, “When I say we own it, it’s in Hussle’s kids’ names,”
“This is something their father worked for, and that they own, and that’s important to me. Also, just having a brick-and-mortar once again reinforced what Hussle told us and taught us.”
“Whether your s**t boomin’ online (or not), just having that brick-and-mortar and being able to pass it down through the family, I think is important,” he stated on the podcast.
He announced that The Marathon Clothing store will open a second location on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, California, soon.
“Hopefully — God willing — it will be open soon. But it definitely feels good just to continue and get it cemented. And get a brick-and-mortar location back open.”