Los Angeles Metro station renamed in honor of Nipsey Hussle’s 40th birthday: Here’s what you need to know

Late rapper Nipsey Hussle, real name Ermias Joseph Asghedom, is being honoured on his posthumous birthday. To honor what would have been Nipsey Hussle’s 40th birthday, the Los Angeles Metro is renaming the Hyde Park Station near Crenshaw Boulevard and Slauson Avenue. The announcement was made in a press release on August 15, 2025. The renaming will last from his birthday, August 15, to the end of the month.

Executive Officer of Marketing at Metro, Zoe Ziegler, described the renaming of the Metro station as a way of honouring Nipsey’s activism in the area:

"This was really a true partnership. They actually reached out to us, really knowing that Nipsey was a part of this community,"

Ziegler added that the Metro Culture series was aimed at promoting culture and progress:

"We couldn't be happier to launch the Metro culture series with the Nipsey Hussle estate and his family. This is a true embodiment of what we're about, culture, community and forward progress."

Metro has already released two limited-edition Nipsey Hussle TAP cards—Crenshaw & Slauson and Watts—to commemorate the project. About 12,000 of the special cards will be available across the city.

The cards will be available at ticket vending machines at designated metro stations, including Hyde Park, Compton, Crenshaw, Expo/Crenshaw, and Hollywood/Vine.

Nipsey Hussle’s brother Blacc Sam had previously teased the release of a posthumous album from the late rapper

In February 2025, Blacc Sam promised fans that a posthumous album would be released in the summer of 2025. He appeared on the Power 106 Brown Bag Morning Show, announcing that a collaborative project between Bino Rideaux and his late brother was in the works. He added that Nipsey had recorded it before he was fatally shot outside his Marathon clothing store in 2019:

“If Hussle didn’t actually do the verse or work with the person or put together the blueprint for the project, we not doing it. He did something with Bino, and there’s a new project that we’re about to release. This was a project that he had with Bino that was pretty much like 80% finished.”

He further elaborated:

"So the team kind of came in, got some unreleased verses and music that he had done with Bino and just tightened it up. It sounds amazing. It should be coming out around this summer. The team is real excited. We just finished going over all the stuff for the last three weeks with everybody.”

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