Nipsey Hussle's Mom Angelique Smith IGNORED BY LAPD?! IS There More She Wants To EXPOSE?! Tyler Perry RECEIVES Lifetime Achievement Award But At What Cost & More! EP(182)
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When rapper Clifford “T.I.” Harris took the stage at the 2019 BET Awards to introduce the genius of rapper and philanthropist Nipsey Hussle, the pain was visible. T.I’s eyes teared up, but he continued to illuminate the community and social activist work that Hussle focused on in addition to the rapper’s various companies and his music. It’s only been three months since the rapper was slain outside of his clothing store in Los Angeles, and the proverbial wounds are still fresh for close family and friends.
“He was a leader well beyond his years,” said T.I.
The family - including Hussle’s grandmother, his girlfriend Lauren London, his mother Angelique Smith, his father and his children - all walked to the stage to accept the award and all of them had something poignant to say.
Hussle’s grandmother said she was overwhelmed by the worldwide support for her grandchild.
“Thank you guys for your love and support,” added London. “The marathon continues again.”
Filmmaker Tyler Perry recently revealed that the land where he built his Atlanta studio was once home to a Confederate army base in Georgia.
“When I built my studio, I built it in a neighborhood that is one of the poorest black neighborhoods in Atlanta so that young black kids can see that a black man did that and they can do it too,” Perry said while accepting the Icon Award at the BET Awards over the weekend.According to the the director’s website, the land, which he purchased in June 2015, was once by the Confederate Army as a base during the Civil War.
After acquiring 330 acres of the land, Perry transformed the area into the Tyler Perry Studios.
“The studio was once a Confederate army base, which meant that there were Confederate soldiers on that base plotting and planning on how to keep 3.9 million Negros enslaved,” Perry said in the speech. “Now that land is owned by one Negro."
“I don’t want to be an icon. I want to be an inspiration,” he continued, before advising the audience: “Own your stuff. Own your business.”