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For Eritrean Americans, Nipsey Hussle’s death is like losing a family member PRI's The World April 05, 2019 By Tarkor Zehn Community members gathered outside of the Eritrean Community Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, to honor slain rapper Nipsey Hussle on April 3, 2019.The shooting death of rapper Nipsey Hussle in Los Angeles March 31 left resident Merone Melekin of St. Paul, Minnesota, overwhelmed with grief.“For 24 hours, I didn’t leave my bedroom,†she said. “I didn’t get up to eat, I didn’t go to work, I just continued to listen to his music and just kept asking the question, 'why?'â€For Melekin and other Eritrean Americans, it felt like they had lost a family member. Hussle, 33, was of Eritrean descent, and a treasured member of the country’s diaspora.Read more at: https://www.pri.org/stories/2019-04-05/eritrean-americans-nipsey-hussle-s-death-losing-family-member