Nipsey Hussle’s Estate Avoids $5M ‘Hussle & Motivate’ Lawsuit

Nipsey Hussle‘s estate has avoided a $5million lawsuit from a Los Angeles singer-songwriter who claimed to be a co-writer on the late rapper’s “Hussle & Motivate” track.

Court documents obtained by HipHopDX reveal that Tasleema Yasin — who initially filed the claim back in December 2022 — had her case against the rapper’s estate dismissed when she failed to respond to the Order to Show Cause.

An Order to Show Cause is issued when “a court order or the demand of a judge requires a party to justify or explain why the court should or should not grant a motion or a relief,” according to Cornell University School of Law.

In this case, Judge Stephen V. Wilson claimed that Yasin — who represented herself in the matter — didn’t provide sufficient reason to the court as to why the matter should be pursued in the first place.

“The file in this case lacks the papers that would show it is being timely prosecuted, as reflected below,” he wrote in his order dated March 28. “Accordingly, the Court, on its own motion, hereby orders plaintiff(s) to show cause in writing no later than April 4, 2023 why this action should not be dismissed as to all remaining defendants, for lack of prosecution.”

Yasin failed to respond to the demand in a timely fashion, and Judge Wilson dismissed the case on April 11. However, Judge Wilson did not indicate whether the case was dismissed with or without prejudice, meaning that Yasin may be able to re-file her claim if she can present ample cause.

Nipsey Hussle‘s 2018 album Victory Lap was the last body of work he released before his untimely death – and producer MyGuyMars and the 1500 or Nothin’ collective were behind it all.

In an interview with HipHopDX, Mars recalled the intense work that was put into the effort that has been lauded by many as a classic. But according to Mars – almost everybody thought it wouldn’t even see the light of day.

“I definitely remember the conversations [about Victory Lap] from Nip, but I remember more so the conversations from everybody else saying it’s not coming out,” explained MyGuyMars.

“It was crazy because he had an era where he was low-key blackballed and then you know, a gangsta from L.A. is not the most accepted internationally. So it was like the odds were really against us so we had to do more than anybody else to break these records, to break him.”

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Elsewhere, Nipsey Hussle’s children have been given a chance at entrepreneurship with their own Marathon clothing brick-and-mortar store.

In March, Blacc Sam (real name Samiel Asghedom), Nip’s brother and business partner, opened up about the business venture with Earn Your Leisure. Sam noted the business move would help set Nip’s children up for the future, and allow them to experience ownership.

“When I say we own it, it’s in Hussle’s kids’ names,” he said. “This is something their father worked for, and that they own, and that’s important to me. Also, just having a brick and mortar, once again reinforced what Hussle told us, and taught us.”

Sam added: “Whether you’re shit boomin’ online [or not], just having that brick and mortar, and being able to pass it down through the family, I think is important.”