According to prosecutors, Holder, who knew Hussl, had approached him with allegations that he had called him a snitch. “We told you that Mr. Holder Jr. shot Mr. Asgendom,” defense attorney Aaron Jansen said during closing arguments last week, asking jurors to consider lesser charges. “We told you it was voluntary manslaughter and that he acted with passion. And we told you what that passion with which he acted consisted of — it consisted of someone as famous as Nipsey Hussle publicly calling him a minion. And we think that’s what the data”. But prosecutor John McKinney argued that Holder had not been overcome with rage that day. “We have a step-by-step methodically executed plan to go back into that parking lot and kill. It’s not done with passion, actually, it’s done 10 minutes after the conversation, it’s actually done after she shakes Nipsey Hussle’s hand,” he said. After the verdict, Herman “Cowboy” Douglas, a friend of Hussle, said the late artist never called Holder a miser and still wanted answers about why his friend was shot. “It was so absurd, why?” he asked rhetorically. Douglas said the conversation between Hustle and Holder “never got heated” that fateful day. “I’m sad, I miss my friend. He’s supposed to be here, he’s supposed to still be here. He was the underdog who made it,” said Douglas, who testified during the trial. “I don’t wish death on people,” he said of Holder. “Give us some closure, tell us why.” A father of two, Grammy winner and successful entrepreneur, Hussle was the founder of the record label All Money In, which he debuted with the release of “The Marathon,” the rapper’s fifth official mixtape. The 2013 release of “Crenshaw” sold more than 1,000 cassettes each priced at $100, according to his biography from Press Atlantic Records. Hussle has collaborated with dozens of artists throughout his career, including Kendrick Lamar, Drake, YG, Ty Dolla Sign, Meek Mill and Young Thug. Holder is scheduled to be sentenced in September. CNN has reached out to his lawyer for comment.
