LOS ANGELES (KABC) — The Neighborhood Nip Foundation hosts its first-ever Turkey Giveaway at the future site of the foundation’s headquarters on Crenshaw and Slauson, passing out 5,000+ turkeys in partnership with the Think Watts Foundation.
The giveaway was located at the new reconstructed Nipsey Hussle Square, the original location of the Marathon store on Crenshaw and Slauson.
The foundation was founded after the late Los Angeles rapper Nipsey Hussle passed away in 2019. His brother Samiel Asghedom, also known as Blacc Sam, is making sure the marathon continues for his brother’s legacy.
“We’re actually trying to plan for next year,” said Asghedom. “Being able to get out here and activate with thousands of turkeys is a blessing.”
Founder of Think Watts, Stix, is touched by how one conversation brought this event into fruition.
“We know had a conversation about doing something for the community and this is the first of that conversation,” he said. “That is giving out turkeys with all of the sides for everyone that need it.”
The ABC7 street team was also onsite distributing 500 ABC7 grocery tote bags to help everyone bring home their Thanksgiving meal.
Jabari Henley, the brother of LA Chargers linebacker Daiyan Henley, and son of the music executive indicted this spring, was executed on Halloween night
In March, Daiyan Henley – a standout linebacker for the L.A. Chargers – saw his father Eugene “Big U” Henley locked up on federal charges that accuse the celebrated music executive behind a slew of West Coast rappers, including Snoop Dogg, Kurupt and the late Nipsey Hussle, of using his anti-gang nonprofit as cover for a ‘Mafia-like’ criminal enterprise.
On Halloween night, Daiyan Henley’s big brother Jabari, 34, was gunned down in South Los Angeles.
But on Sunday, the football player still hit the field, and helped L.A. topple the Tennessee Titans with seven tackles and a quarterback hit. He tearfully told reporters after the game that it had been “a long year” and that he wished he could talk to his brother “one more time.”
“It was an emotional moment for me, just to be able to make a play on a day like this — just losing him so soon. It’s been a long year for me, so I just sent a prayer up and hopefully he heard it. I just went out there,” Henley told reporters after the game, adding: “Right now, I’m just floating and the only thing that’s consistent right now in my life, and this is crazy to say, is football. So for me, that’s why I’m out there is because this is the most consistent thing I’ve got in my life right now is football. And I’m just trying to make the most of it.”
LAPD officials do not have any suspects in Jabari Henley’s murder. The Los Angeles County medical examiner said he was declared dead on the sidewalk, shot multiple times. The cause of death was determined to be homicide.
A law enforcement source told Los Angeles that since the elder Henley was hit with a sprawling 43-count federal indictment accusing him of extortion, human trafficking, fraud and the 2021 murder of an aspiring rapper, the LAPD gang unit has been on heightened alert. “A young crew is trying to take control due to Big U’s fed problems.”
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Henley, known as an “OG” or an original gangster for the Rollin’ Crips, was most recently the leader of a nonprofit known as Developing Options, which was marketed as a youth program that offered teens alternative choices to gang violence, drugs, and other criminal activity. The program is primarily funded by the Gang Reduction and Youth Development program overseen by L.A. Mayor Karen Bass’ office. According to the complaint, the nonprofit was awarded $2.35 million in city funds from July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2023, even though Henley “allegedly used it as a front for fraudulent purposes and to insulate its members from suspicion by law enforcement.”
He is also accused of embezzling donations from celebrities, NBA players, and large companies that donated to the nonprofit, but Henley immediately put the money that was supposed to help his community into his own bank account.
The music executive steadfastly denies wrongdoing, denied the accusations in videos posted on social media before he turned himself in, where he insisted: “I ain’t did nothing” and “I ain’t been nothing but a help to our community.”
Henley is being held without bail at the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Henley and his codefendants are slated to appear in federal court in Little Tokyo on Wednesday for a status conference hearing.
Below is our weekly Saturday Six, a recap of half a dozen news stories — in no particular order — ranging from the heartfelt to the weird to the tragic, and everything in between.
Climate change is making winter weather warmer and “weirder.”From the story: “What we are experiencing, as whole, in aggregate, is what we expect from climate change,” she says. “That volatility, that unpredictability, that weirdness, if you will, is climate change,” said Heidi Roop, a climatologist at the University of Minnesota. Watch the video above.
After Heinz learned that a man survived almost a month at sea without nothing but ketchup and seasonings, the company is on a hunt to find him and help him purchase a new boat. From the story: “To whoever finds this message, we need your help tracking down an amazing man with an amazing story. You may remember Elvis Francois as the brave sailor who survived on nothing but ketchup and spices while adrift at sea for 24 days. Well, Heinz wants to celebrate his safe return home and help him buy a new boat…but we can’t seem to find him,” the company said.
A year after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, we looked at the devastation as the war continues. From the story: Neither Russia nor Ukraine has officially released casualty figures, but both countries are believed to have suffered huge losses on the battlefield since Vladimir Putin launched the invasion on Feb. 24, 2022.
A pizza shop in Columbus, Ohio, raised eyebrows in its advertising attempt to find “non-stupid” people. From the story: The family-owned Santino’s Pizzeria has posted a sign reading, “Now Hiring Non-Stupid People.” The job ad has garnered social media buzz for the tiny shop on the city’s southwest side.
We learned about the eight colleges producing the most multimillionaires. From the story: More than one-third of the wealthiest people in the U.S. attended one of just eight elite universities, according to a new study from wealth consultancy Henley & Partners. There are about 9,600 so-called centimillionaires living in the U.S., or people whose net worth is greater than $100 million, the report noted. About 35% of them attended one of eight U.S. universities.
Finally, we found out that the estimated animal death toll from the Ohio train derailment is about 43,700. From the story: Last week, officials said they believed that the Ohio train derailment had killed 3,500 aquatic animals. On Thursday, they provided a new estimate, pushing the total to more than 43,700 animals within a 5-mile area.
A docuseries telling the story of Nipsey Hussle is in the works.
On Tuesday, the teaser for a series about the life of the late legendary rapper was released by SpringHill, a production company founded by LeBron James and his longtime business partner Maverick Carter. The project was created in collaboration with Hussle’s production company, Marathon Films.
Hussle, born Ermias Asghedom, was fatally shot outside of Marathon Clothing, the store he founded in South Los Angeles, in 2019. He was 33.
The teaser shows a mix of pictures and video clips capturing Hussle’s journey as a musician throughout the years, and his dedication to his South Los Angeles community.
“It’s an incredible honor for SpringHill to have a part in sharing Nipsey’s story and legacy with the world,” James said in a statement to Deadline. “He used his gift to give back to his community and lived what it means to inspire, empower, and uplift others along the way.”
He continued, “His words, his ambition, and his actions stick with me to this day as he continues to inspire myself, our company, and people everywhere.”
Hussle, who was widely celebrated for his longtime efforts to revitalize his South Los Angeles neighborhood, earned a Grammy nod in 2018 for his first studio album, “Victory Lap.” The late rapper won two posthumous Grammys in 2020.
A release date for the docuseries has yet to be announced. James tweeted about the upcoming project on Tuesday, writing, “Stay tuned.”
