Master P says he’s tired of all the “fake love” surrounding Nipsey Hussle.
During a recent interview with HipHopDX, the music legend expressed his frustration over the lack of support Nipsey received during his lifetime, and how he didn’t received widespread adoration until after his death. Master P said it was yet another example of how many rap fans don’t appreciate an artist until it’s too late.
“I just think in our culture, it just natural that people just self-hate,” he told the outlet via Zoom. “They don’t want to see somebody else make it until they gone. You don’t want to tell somebody they great while they alive. That’s the thing that I just couldn’t understand about Nipsey is that he was talented.”
Master P, who had a close friendship and working relationship with the LA artist, recalled how Nipsey had put so much work into his 2018 debut album, Victory Lap, but never saw just how big it would become.
“He put the same record that sold millions of copies only sold 50,000 when he was alive and he couldn’t get it,” Master P said. “He was like, ‘Man, I put my all into this project.’ He was like, ‘Boss, I did it. This is it.’ And then when it didn’t happen, and just watching the people, this guy don’t know that his funeral was at the Staples Center. He didn’t know that he had that type of love. Let’s be honest, he was still in Inglewood and Crenshaw trying to figure it out [...] People would tell him, ‘Well, I don’t think that you got it.’ What happened? I mean, it’s the same album. The same album that people love now. That’s the part that I don’t understand. That’s why we got to celebrate us while we here. Stop it with the fake love.”
Nipsey died on March 31, 2019, after he was gunned down outside his Marathon Clothing store in South LA. Since then, the rapper has received countless honors and accolades, including tribute performances, a street renaming, and multiple music awards, including two Grammys.
