The Marathon team just released the first round of posthumous music from Nipsey Hussle with the drop of PROLIFIC, a joint album with Bino Rideaux. PROLIFIC is the second joint project they have put together. It has been seven years since Nip was killed in front of his store at the corner of Crenshaw and Slauson, and a lot has happened along the way for the team. They have faced challenges ranging from a legal battle to maintain ownership of the brand and fighting leaked verse

Gina Views has been booked and busy this year, from hosting Effective Immediately with DJ Hed to landing her own shows on SiriusXM and BET. She took a moment to celebrate last week for both her birthday and the release of her mixtape, a project she had been working on for two years. It is easily going to go down as one of the best parties of 2026. The album cover themed event had attendees dressing up as Beyoncé, Drake, Jay Z, Lil Wayne, and more, complete with a photo boo

SXSW has always delivered some of the most impactful music sessions, conversations and panels in the country, and its 40th anniversary felt no different. One of the first sessions we tapped into featured Vic Mensa and Olly Sholotan, and what looked like a random pairing at first turned into a focused presentation of a new visual project. The two used their time to introduce HALFRICAN , an independent film series written by Mensa and starring both him and Sholotan. They opene

On Feb. 28, 2026, the intersection of Crenshaw Boulevard and Slauson Avenue was officially recognized as Nipsey Hussle Square, formalizing a landmark long associated with the late Nipsey Hussle. The ceremony drew city officials, family members, business partners and residents of South Los Angeles to the corner where Hussle opened The Marathon Clothing store in 2017. The honorary naming cements the site as a permanent civic tribute nearly seven years after his death. For many

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Blacc Sam, brother of the late Nipsey Hussle and co-founder of The Marathon brand, sat down with Power 106 LA to discuss major business...