# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nipsey-hussle
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:15:35.368Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nipsey-hussle"
name: "Nipsey Hussle"
slug: "nipsey-hussle"
description: "Ermias Joseph Asghedom, known professionally as Nipsey Hussle, was an American rapper, activist and entrepreneur. Emerging from the West Coast hip-hop scene in the mid-2000s, Hussle self-released his debut mixtape, Slauson Boy Volume 1, to moderate local success, leading him to sign with Cinematic Music Group and Epic Records."
tagline: "American rapper (1985–2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Soundtrack_Beat_Battle_Judging_Panel_March2011_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1985-08-15"
deathDate: "2019-03-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           78.61
  momentum:             1.826063483493974
  historical:           25.61450533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 207
totalFollowers: 3100000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/nipseyhussle"
    handle:    "nipseyhussle"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/nipseyhussle/"
    handle:    "nipseyhussle"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/nipseyhussle"
    handle:    "nipseyhussle"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    handle:    "nm2596169"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0EeQBlQJFiAfJeVN2vT9s0"
    handle:    "0EeQBlQJFiAfJeVN2vT9s0"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.ihussle.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm1s2VS9BdyXL9FU4a-W_cQ"
    handle:    "@nipseyhussle"
    followers: 3100000
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "نيبسي هوسل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "نيبسى هوسل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Nipsey Hussle"
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    title: "Nipsey Hussle"
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    title: "Nipsey Hussle"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Nipsey Hussle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ニプシー・ハッスル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8B%99%EC%8B%9C_%ED%97%88%EC%8A%AC"
    title: "닙시 허슬"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Нипси Хассл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Nipsey Hussle"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump