Released: December 4, 2008

Featuring: The Game

Songwriter: The Game

Producer: Nipsey Hussle

[The Game]
I gotta shout out the homie, man
Ay, 'cause Game don’t really endorse nobody, man
But you know, I've been listening to this mixtape for about, about a week now, you know'm’sayin'
Nipsey Hussle, man, like
The next biggest thing in L.A., I swear before God, homie
This dude is like Snoop, Game, Dre, all in one, homie
And, you know, my homie Big U from 60s put me on Nipsey, man
He been in the streets, you see the posters up
Like, he grindin', man
And it made me feel like, like when-when I was first gettin' on, you know'm'sayin' (Right, right)
So look out for Nipsey Hussle
(Nipsey Hussle, there it is, what up, homie?)
And when you say, when, when I talk about his music, I say...
Whenever, whenever Nipsey name come up, just say, "I swear 'fore God! This cat is crazy"
(There it is, look out for my man over there, don’t sleep on him, The Game is sayin’)
I promise...

Nipsey Hussle

Ermias Joseph Asghedom (August 15, 1985 – March 31, 2019), better known as Nipsey Hussle, was a Grammy-award winning hip-hop artist and mogul from the Crenshaw district of South Central Los Angeles, California.

With a name inspired by actor Nipsey Russell, Nipsey Hussle released his first project, Slauson Boy Volume 1, in 2005, and he was featured in XXL’s 2010 Freshman Class alongside J. Cole, Big Sean, Freddie Gibbs, Wiz Khalifa, and Jay Rock among others. Nipsey gained national headlines in 2013 as he sold copies of his Crenshaw mixtape for $100 each. One customer was JAY-Z, who purchased 100 copies in support of Nipsey’s hustle. He then charged $1,000 per copy of his Mailbox Money mixtape in 2014 to continue his #Proud2Pay campaign.

After a decade of releasing several mixtapes and singles, Nipsey released his long-awaited debut album Victory Lap in 2018. The album was nominated in the Best Rap Album category at the 2019 Grammy Awards.