Los Angeles Metro is honoring one of the city’s most accomplished and beloved residents with a renamed rail station and transit cards. From Friday, August 15th through August 31st to commemorate his 40th birthday, Hyde Park station will temporarily be renamed the Nipsey Hussle Station after the rapper whose efforts revitalized the neighborhood surrounding it. Those familiar with Hussle’s music can probably figure out where it’s located, even without being from LA: right there on the corner of Crenshaw and Slauson.
In addition, the city is issuing two limited-edition TAP cards (the NFC-enabled
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