In his latest episode of D.L. Hughleys new self titled TV show on TVOne, he invited one of his daughters, Tyler Hughley, to discuss how the murder of Nipsey Hussle is affecting her generation. In addition to his daughter, D.L.’s fellow ‘king of comedy,’ Steve Harvey, was also there to chime in.
Their discussion about Nipsey’s influence and his transformation from the gang life, into a social activist led to some heartfelt points being made- not just about Nipsey, but also about Steve and others.
Tyler Hughley started with:
“Obviously, we were hardened by the news of Nipsey Hussle passing away… For millennials, I feel like this (Nipsey Hussle) is our Tupac. Like, we were all 5 and 6 when Tupac passed away and this ones hitting, I know ME for sure, because his album, ‘Victory Lap,’ got me THROUGH it last year. …This is a hard one. Between him and Mac Miller (who died in 2018 from a drug overdose), this is definitely a hard hitting thing.”
D.L. then mentioned the many greats that the older generations have lost, like Prince, David Bowie, Michael Jackson etc., to which his daughter responded with a valid point. She explained that the difference between deaths of old school icons, versus the millennial era celebs -though equally heartbreaking- is the world got to see the icons reach their full potential:
“But you guys have seen what they’ve done. … Mac Miller died at 26, Nipsey Hussle died at 33 and that was his first album, all the other albums before were mixtapes,” said Tyler.
She also stated that Nipsey’s entrepreneurial accomplishments with real estate and more:
“…Showed [millennials] what you COULD do. You saw this man came from NOTHING and build..and then give back to his community. Like, he literally was buying Crenshaw…he was buying the whole block…and you just took him away…from his family, from helping better his community…FOR WHAT?!! No beef is worth that at all. Someone getting shot in broad daylight in front of a community that they built?!!”
