THE BLAST
Rapper Nipsey Hussle‘s family received justice for their beloved son as a Los Angeles court sentenced his killer, Eric Holder Jr., to 60 years to life in federal prison.
Holder had murdered Hussle in 2019, shooting the Grammy-nominated artist at least ten times in the parking lot outside of his clothing store, Marathon Clothing. He was found guilty of first-degree murder in July 2022, alongside two other counts of attempted voluntary manslaughter.
Following Hussle’s death, a memorial was held in his honor at the Los Angeles Staple Center. The rapper also received a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame last year.
On Wednesday, in a Los Angeles courtroom, Holder, who shot dead Hussle on March 31, 2019, bagged a sentence of 60 years to life in prison, per NBC News.
He attended his sentencing dressed in the customary orange jail attire and remained stoic as his sentence was read out to the hearing of those in the court.
Before Superior Court Judge H. Clay Jacke handed down the sentence, one of Hussle’s friends gave an emotional speech, and a letter from Holder’s father’s letter was also read.
The sentencing comes after Holder was found guilty of first-degree murder in July 2022, following his 2019 arrest for killing the beloved rapper and father of two.
Holder’s sentencing had been shifted on multiple occasions, most recently on November 3, as his nose attorney, Aaron Jansen, pushed for a reduced conviction…