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organizer in recent years stands in
Nipsey Hussle contradiction to his gang member
Shot, Killed At 33 past, however.
rammy-nominated rapper According to the Times, he was
GNipsey Hussle was killed involved the Destination Crenshaw
March 31 in a shooting outside his arts project and had opened a
store in the Hyde Park section of co-working space called Vector 90,
Los Angeles. He was 33. also in L.A.’s Crenshaw district, to
He was shot multiple times and call attention to the lack of diver-
taken to a hospital where he was sity in science, tech, engineering
pronounced dead, according to the and mathematics fields.
Los Angeles Times. Two others In a 2018 interview with the
were wounded in the shooting. Times, Hussle explained that “In
After a nearly 48-hour man- our culture, there’s a narrative
hunt, police arrested a suspect that says, ‘Follow the athletes,
who was believed to be the gun- follow the entertainers,’ and that’s
man, Eric Holder, 29, who knew cool but there should be some-
Hussle. The two had a personal thing that says, ‘Follow Elon Musk,
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NIPSEY HUSSLE PERFORMS at MTV Studios Feb. 20 in New York, N.Y. The rapper
was killed outside of his Los Angeles clothing store March 31. dispute just hours before the follow [Mark] Zuckerberg.’ I think
shooting, Los Angeles Police Chief that with me being influential as
Michel Moore said at a news con- an artist and young and coming
Continued From Pollstar Int’l time employees make up just ference April 2. from the inner city, it makes sense
Page 15 under 5 percent, while 18 percent Hundreds of fans and celebrities for me to be one of the people
annual turnover was between €2.5 responded they had a full-time gathered outside Hussle’s Mara- that’s waving that flag.”
and €5 million. staff of 16 to 20. Seven percent thon Clothing store to mourn and As news spread of Hussle’s
The top end is divided into seg- each said they employed 21 to 30 play his music after the shooting death, many of his colleagues and
ments of €5 million to €7.5 million employees and 31 to 50 employ- March 31. Mourners returned admirers took to Twitter to express
annual turnover (12 percent), ees, respectively, and four percent April 1, but police were forced to shock at the killing. – Deborah Speer
€7.5-10 million (8 percent), €10- said they employed 51 to 75 peo- clear the memorial
12.5 million (2 percent), €12.5- ple full time in 2018. site after a fight
15 million (2 percent), €15-17.5 The association hopes that broke out and a
million (4 percent) and more than reports like these will help make a stampede ensued. PRO KIM STONE has been named as the first general
€20 million (6 percent). case for the economic and cultural Hussle was nom- manager of the Chase Center, the soon-to-open
Based on the submitted results impact of Europe’s festivals, which inated for a Best home of the Golden State Warriors in San Fran-
and the extrapolation of data, the is important as the European Par- Rap Album Grammy cisco. Stone will oversee all venue operations,
reporting to Warriors president and COO Rick
combined revenue of Yourope’s liament is currently deciding about award for his 2018 Welts. Stone’s last position was at another NBA
members for the festival season the distribution of its €1.46 billion debut Victory Lap. arena, AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami, home of
the Heat. – Francisco Rendon
2018 is €480 million. Ticket sales ($1.64 billion) culture fund. While he’s described
went up by 22 percent since 2014, Christof Huber, General Secre- as an emerging
although the rate of growth has tary of Yourope, commented: “In artist, he’d been
been decreasing in recent years, particular reference to the overall performing since at least 2009
as competition on the continent development in the number of according to Pollstar records, Travis Scott,
has been increasing. events, festivals have become a opening shows for The Game and Cardi B To
The economic value generated very meaningful cultural phenom- Snoop Dogg as well as appearing Headline Made
is particularly remarkable in light enon in Europe. Taking into con- on festival lineups. In America
of the fact that most Yourope sideration the fact that the main But he broke out in a big way ravis Scott and Cardi B will
members are still small and medi- age group for festival attendants in 2018, headlining larger venues Theadline the eighth Made
um-sized businesses, the majority is between 25 and 29 years, it is like the Warfield in San Francisco In America festival, Aug. 31 and
of which (23 percent) employs be- clear that popular music festivals and Irving Plaza in New York City, Sept. 1 at Philadelphia’s Benjamin
tween four and six full-time staff, are supporting cultural exchange as well as making appearances Franklin Parkway.
followed by 20 percent employing between young Europeans by at marquee festivals including Other artists booked for the
between seven and 10 full-time providing essential stages and Rolling Loud, BET Experience, Jay-Z-curated event include Juice
in 2018. performance spaces for artists and Broccoli City and several radio WRLD, James Blake, Kaskade, An-
Companies with 11 to 15 full- their audiences.” – Gideon Gottfried shows. His work as a community derson .Paak & The Free Nationals,

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