Don’t Let the Water in the Boat: Thinking of Nipsey Hussle Two Years Later
Reflections on the rapper’s passing
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6 min readMar 31, 2021
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“Don’t let the water in the boat,” Nipsey Hussle told me on February 22, 2018, six days after the release of his album Victory Lap. “The boat’ll never go down if you don’t let the water in the boat.” It was advice he shared with his daughter sometimes, wise words to hang onto…