ADDIS ABABA - With poems and speeches, Ethiopians have held an emotional farewell for murdered rapper Nipsey Hussle, whose roots in neighbouring Eritrea won him admirers in both countries.
Known for his Grammy-nominated debut album, Hussle was shot dead last week in front of the clothing store he owned in Los Angeles, whose violence-plagued neighbourhoods he had tried to revitalise.
"When we heard there's an Eritrean rapper out there, we were fans before we heard his music," said Ambaye Michael Tesfay, who eulogised Hussle at the event held in a darkened parking lot. "He was an icon for us." "It's just really tragic what happened," said Tezeta Solomon, an Ethiopian living in Los Angeles who attended the memorial in Addis Ababa.
The relationship between Ethiopia and Eritrea has often been tortuous, and the countries were not on speaking terms for years following a 1998-2000 border war that ground into stalemate.
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