Nipsey Hussle recently sat down with Complex and discussed his promising career, the West Coast resurgence and the growing trend of gangbanging in hip hop circles.

When asked specifically about Lil Wayne and Jim Jones, two rappers known to claim ties to Blood affiliates, the South Central representative didn’t bite his tongue.

“If you 35, 28, or 30 years old, and you decide you’re gonna pick up a rag and start bangin’, and you can look yourself in the mirror and you still feel like you’re a man? That’s cool, do your thing,” he said. “My concern is the niggas that are really in the shit. I’m more focused on giving solutions and inspiration more than anything. But to answer your question, I feel like it’s fraudulent. Straight up.”

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Like any youngsta raised in the streets of South Central, Nipsey Hussle found himself prone to the illigitamate ways of the streets. He shined shoes. He ran the streets and replenished them for a buck.

He did however, overcome that beast and is poised to become the next best thing on the west coast.

In this clip, Neighborhood Nip recalls how he earned that moniker and discusses what it’s going to take for him to generate interest in himself and the West as a whole.

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