PICS: T.I. Hosts Unveiling of Nipsey Hussle Exhibit at Trap Music Museum

On Tuesday, rap mogul Tip "T.I." Harris unveiled a permanent Nipsey Hussle exhibit at his Trap Music Museum in Atlanta. The exhibit was personally curated by T.I.

From a press release:

In honor of Nipsey Hussle's 34th birthday, Multi-platinum Hip Hop Icon, Trap music pioneer, blockbuster actor and label head Tip "T.I." Harris unveiled a permanent Nipsey Hussle installation at the Trap Music Museum in Atlanta, on August 13th. Nipsey Hussle was born on August 15th.

The installation was personally curated by Tip with co-curation by Grand Hustle Head of Marketing, James Miller. The installation is a 3-piece collaborative labor of respect and admiration for Nipsey with the majestic painting created by BK The Artist featuring blue roses in his beard, along with images of his children, family, Lauren London and the posthumous memorial at the Marathon clothing store. The bench in the installation, created by Dizzy and Quake, is a take on Nipsey’s Victory Lap album cover while the blue and red jersey was conceived by the Trap Music Museum curation collective.

"Based on what Nipsey means to me and the community as a whole, we knew that the art had to be superlative, so I reached out to BK The Artist, whose work I personally collect and the Trap Music Museum collective commissioned Dizzy and Quake. I'm excited about Dizzy and Quake's creativity and feel that their idea of doing the bench is pretty damn dope," states Tip.

Celebrity guests and influencers in attendance included: T.I.'s wife, the award-winning singer-songwriter and television star, Tameka "Tiny" Harris, his children singer-songwriter and tv star Zonnique Pullins, rap and television stars Domani Harris and King Harris, Grammy award-winning singer Monica, TV star and NY Times best-selling author Toya Wright, actress, singer-songwriter LeToya Luckett, key influencer and TV star Reginae Carter, World Champion Long Drive Golf Pro Marcus Allen, TIG Records label Head Girvan "Fly" Henry, and Dr. Sebi's daughter naturalist Kellie Bowman.

Photos by Prince Williams/ATLPics.net

  • IyanlaVanzantoftheInterWebs

    Any of Nipsey’s people in attendance?

  • SpiceGirl
  • KarmaBackAround

    Happy birthday Nip!

  • ?Patty Kakes?

    Even though I don't like a lot of things T.I. says he is still as sexy as he was when he first came out

  • Starburst

    I must have been living under a rock because I didn't know who Nipsey was until he died.

  • CookieMobster
  • Carrington

    How "museumy" is this place in real life? I've yet to see a picture that makes the set-up look like a museum or, even an homage to certain artists... it always looks like people just found a space to hang stuff from their favorite artist on their basement wall... and call it a museum.

  • Carrington

    Y'all gone leave my Tiny alone. I like her. LOL

  • Carrington

    Plymouth Rock didn't just land on you... I was stuck under there with you cause I ain't know either...

  • Seldomseen

    I only knew him because he was dating Lauren London

  • Li-Wright

    OT: RKelly may be getting a new attorney according to news. How is he paying for these attorneys?
    Is there admission fee to the museum? How big is it? (doesn't look very big).

  • Starburst

    Lol! Good to know I'm not alone.

  • Starburst

    Whew! I feel so much better knowing you are in company with me.

  • TamG

    Don’t know one song from Nipsey Hussle, only knew of him vaguely the few months before he died because I saw stories pop up about his relationship to the actress. I did not know of his supposed “greatness” til after he passed. Similarly, I don’t understand the concept of a “trap museum.” I thought “trap” was a slang meaning of selling drugs. I thought selling drugs was bad and something people were embarrassed about. I didn’t know it was something to which you pay homage with a “museum.”

    I am in these people’s age range, but feel increasingly removed from Black culture. It’s alien to me now.

  • 1KimJones

    No comment

  • Mama Dee’s Wig Maker

    Still haven't made my way to the Trap Museum. I'll go one of these days.

  • SingleGalCrazyWorld

    The group photo with the ladies looks amazing!!! Monica's bag is a lil gaudy but their skin and fashion's are everything!!

  • Mama Dee’s Wig Maker

    Probably not.

  • MrsSpice1

    COONERY AND FOOLERY!! How tf are you glamourizing trap and gang life!!!? Some black ppl esp celebrities are such clowns and followrrw and then wonder why other races mock us and dont take us seriously!! All the women up there wouldnt dare want their sons to grow up and be apart of that lifestyle so why even acknowledge the bs?!? Nor would they want their daughters associating with gangstas or drug dealers!! See the fkn hypocrisy in this bs they all posed up and dressed like they going somewhere of prestige and honor for our ppl! This bs pisses me off because MONICA should know better..latoya look stupid and tiny of course follows her man like a pet sheep and look like one too?!!! Hardly any of them hang out with real gangsters or drug dealers..sooo many of our own are being murdered because of that lifestyle including NIPSEY and they feel like thats some bs to IDOLIZE AND CELEBRATE?!?! ???? IDIOTS!!!!

  • Facts and Receipts

    Monica that big ass bag looks stupid AF. All I got currently

  • currvalicious

    "Key Influencer & TV star - Reginae Carter..Really??? Where??? This is a NO!.. All these heavy titles for the usual ATL suspects..Only ones deserving of would be Monica, LaToya, & Tiny. They all have legitimate careers. Not the celebuspawns. Aunt Sandra must be bases out of Atlanta

  • KcoolMuziq

    Yes R Kelly has had meetings with Tom Mesereau MJ's lawyer.

    Remember people that live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

  • KcoolMuziq
  • currvalicious

    I second that! With his fine ass...Happy Birthday Ermias.??

  • Oretta Grace Smith

    If only Nipsey could had Received a bit of this glory While He Was Alive and could Recognize and Cherish it. Pease Stop Celebrating People When They Die!!! It falls on that person's Death Ears.

  • E-VannaRootsAllEvil

    Same ppl all the time

  • E-VannaRootsAllEvil

    Yea it look like a bag with shoes in it. Smh

  • KarmaBackAround

    ??chiii yesss!

  • Bree

    I wonder if the cameras were there filming for Friends and Family Hustle.

    Although, I am a fan of the cast members, the show is a bit boring. Maybe this season will be better.

    I am glad that TIP came through and pay homage to Nipsey Hussle. I still don't know what Nipsey's legacy is. I may have to research him a little more. I learned of Nipsey because of Lauren London and his Grammy nomination.

  • imright

    i cant stand Tip. he used to be one of my faves .

  • Bree

    I am glad I am not alone in this. I can't name a Nipsey song, nor lyric.

  • Bree

    R. Kelly has millions hidden somewhere. I don't condone his actions, but I would hide money too. He had crooks around him. Those people kept his occupied with girls knowing he had an issue. All people (Delilah) needs to do is find your weakness. It's over for you after that. Whatever crime R. Kelly committed, he needs to be punished for. The truth is, he has already paid the price. I'm sure this has taken its toll on him and all of those who actually still support him. Everybody involved, including the parents deserve a cell next to his!

  • Li-Wright

    So OTW, he's not too stupid not to know how to count money. I suspect he's hid money with various people who he trusts. I also read somewhere that he's given away the rights to his songs. Maybe that's how he pays attorneys?

  • Li-Wright

    So IOW, he's not too stupid not to know how to count money. I suspect
    he's hid money with various people who he trusts. I also read somewhere
    that he's given away the rights to his songs. Maybe that's how he pays
    attorneys?

  • Pamela

    "New York Times best selling author Tonya Wright". Lies, lies, lies. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/a16ee7e7c66dc22d18e4871c84843e08330b4211696c04730c6c2aa84ffdcf00.gif

  • Skin Deep Beauty

    BWAHAHAHA!!! THE SATIRE OF IT ALL... SANDRA YOU ARE THE BOMB. COM!!

    Monica: We see your big ole purse that took up the entire frame. Just couldn't put that big ole picnic, laundry bag, grocery store rreclable sak down In the corner! GIRL BYE!

    Zonique and "King"!! That lil pink unique looking boy and his thrushed looking tongue tho... Scary!

  • Skin Deep Beauty

    Who a Best Seller...I know dayum well that was satire!!!

  • Bree

    I think he learned a lesson dealing with the wrong people. My husband had leeches around him before I came along. I shut all that mess down.

    Can you tell me what IOW stand for, please?

  • Bree

    Antonia Johnson-Carter-Wright. I have not read any if her books.

  • Li-Wright

    in other words

  • Skin Deep Beauty

    ALLL THEEEE TIME.. Front and center.. showing off and parading their clothes! Yawwwn! These MUFUGGAS get dressed up to turnaround and take it off and get dressed for the next party in the same day!

  • Skin Deep Beauty

    Didn't hear this much about his doings when he was alive. Who knew! HE'S NO TUPAC!

  • Bree

    Okay. Thanks.

  • Skin Deep Beauty

    Um... You and I need to get together and form an alliance to EXUCATE THESE EASILY INFLUENCED HOOD RATS!!

  • Skin Deep Beauty

    Just go the hood suga and see the REAL THING!! NO SPECIAL TRIP REQUIRED!

  • Pamela

    What is satire?

  • Skin Deep Beauty

    Consider yourself GREATER AND HAPPILY REMOVED FROM THESE MPROPERLY NON INFLUENTIONALS yet SADLY INFLUENCING THE MISGUIDED!

  • Skin Deep Beauty

    That's all it IS!!

  • Vonda K

    Why do we, why would we celebrate Trap?
    Isn’t trap associated with drug dealing. The drugs that continue the destroy Black lives quicker than the KKK?
    As for the reader who said is this a real museum or a room where T.I decided to hang his favorite stuff in?
    Black folks let do better.

  • Skin Deep Beauty

    sat·ire
    /?sa?t?(?)r/

    noun
    the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

  • Skin Deep Beauty

    sat·ire
    /?sa?t?(?)r/

    noun
    the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

    SANDRA GOT IT DOWN!! AND I LOVE IT!!

  • Mama Dee’s Wig Maker

    Lol

  • Skin Deep Beauty

    And don't need to .

  • Oretta Grace Smith

    You are right, so why are They trying to make him a hero, After the Fact!!!

  • Oretta Grace Smith

    "It is above me now!!!" iiiiihaaaa

  • Oretta Grace Smith

    And with all them trying to make his legacy Great, I Still can't name one song by Nipsey!!! Probably Never will,

  • Oretta Grace Smith

    Beautifully and Powerfully Stated!!!

  • Oretta Grace Smith

    And I Still Don't know him!!

  • Oretta Grace Smith

    I really Didn't know her.

  • Bree

    I heard her books were filled with errors and unwanted tea. But I guess these celebs put together trash, folk will buy it.

  • Bree

    Me either. Nipsey was a glorified Crip. I don't see how we praise this foolishness.

  • Starburst

    Ok Mariah lol!

  • ZRoJoTheLezBeyond

    That was the only reason I knew who he was as well.

  • joel adams

    Lmao : Trap museum. Smh

  • CoTToNCaNDie SWeeTAsGolD

    Sandra girl you laid it on THICC fah this one didn't you, girl?!?! https://media3.giphy.com/media/NUtA9OiVSpKq4/giphy.gif

  • abby500

    And I think Nipsey got smoked for plain ol’ ?h?t talking to a nothing nicca who had nothing to lose by killing him. I think he had a mouth on him and he probably thought it was ok to dis a nobody guy (calling him a snitch) and dude just went there. Still very sad. This is why these rappers who come up needs to learn how to strategically distance themselves from the hood

  • Chaseboogie The Prince

    It feels like everybody is riding Nipsey's name for their own gain and clout. None of these people were out here on tour with this man, doing features, etc. I remember reading that his REAL family and friends were saying Nipsey had asked alot of these so called celebrity supporters to be on his music or offered to be on theirs, and he got crickets. Now everybody out here riding a wave because Nip was considered a real dude. Now other celebs want to be associated with a 'real dude,' which somehow makes them more real, street, or credible. I'm tired of TI though, for real, for real.

  • bb1812

    I knew very little about Nipsey save for name recognition via Lauren London. But ppl really need to just let this man rest in peace now. Also, they all look foolish.

  • Braxton P. Hartnabrig

    I don't object to your SMH. Glorifying a sub culture that has failed black folks on so many levels.

  • Braxton P. Hartnabrig

    ???? YES she do!!!

  • http://sandrarose.com SandraRose

    What do you mean?

  • http://sandrarose.com SandraRose

    Just to be clear: I did not write that press release.

  • http://sandrarose.com SandraRose

    FYI: I did not write the press release. I only wrote the 1st paragraph up top.

  • AListDiva29

    I somewhat agree. He did a feature with DJ Khalid that was released a month or two after his death. Kendrick, Cee-Lo and Diddy were on his Victory Lap album. YG, Rick Ross and Dom Kennedy also featured on his mix tapes. I think a lot of the ppl shouting him out were other LA Rappers or friends by association of Lauren, like TIP.

  • AListDiva29

    I used to listen to Paper Trail so much it skipped! Remember when ppl still listened to cd's?! Feels ages ago!

  • CoTToNCaNDie SWeeTAsGolD

    Well Television Star is a bit overusedin the write up!! When did she become a best selling author?! Resume is absolutely not a key influencer or a TV star!! It probably would have been more believable if you said TI, Tiny and all their D-List celebrity friends!! But it's ok I understand everybody needs a little shine every now and then.

  • currvalicious

    Lol! Alright, alright...??

  • Logan Roberts

    Resume looks older than her mother. TI needs some cucumbers over those tired eyes. Monica with that purse is doing the most.

  • PetiteButterScotch

    I agree with you all the way

  • sandi

    Free museum to the public? How many people would take their children to this? I love museums. This is not one that I would put on my list, but then.... I do wish that I could see the African American Museum (not sure if that is the proper name) in D.C. Heard great things about it. And one other question, is that a car he's in because when they are raising that black cloth, it looks like a coffin.

  • http://sandrarose.com SandraRose

    I noted in my post that the writeup was from a press release.

  • CoTToNCaNDie SWeeTAsGolD

    ohhh ok. I stand corrected Auntie!

  • TamG

    If you go to the one in DC, you might want to carve out multiple days. I couldn’t see it all in one day. I’ll have to go back just to check out a different floor! Lol It’s THAT massive.

  • Lame Ass LA

    Purse.....i thought it was her laundry bag...

  • Skin Deep Beauty

    I live here in DC... AA museum is a great visit... Very showcasing and informative!

    As to that Trap museum BS... THAT A SLAP IN THE FACE... BURN IT TO THE GROUND!

  • Skin Deep Beauty

    Exactly what it is.

  • Skin Deep Beauty

    Look like a motley Crew of bufoons. All dressed up to see each other. Then late gone change into some more material to turn up to their own music then tomorrow go down at each other store and go back to the trap hut and is again at night.. What a bunch of under productive non contributors to society

  • Skin Deep Beauty

    All of that.. I heard about Nipsy in 2009 .. Some cats from Houston was doing local music with him and waiting for him to blow up... Next thing I hear is is with London and iv was like she really has a type. Riding the this mans death for fame.

  • Skin Deep Beauty

    I thought it was Satire.. ???

  • Skin Deep Beauty

    A farce!

  • Reina1718

    I agree

  • E-VannaRootsAllEvil

    lol

  • http://sandrarose.com SandraRose

    No problem, hun.

  • MRiGOThim

    Damn Auntie, no pics where we could see lil Tiffany "T.I." Harris print or dem cakes O_o

  • Lovely517

    Auntie, can you explain the moral of this trap museum foolishness? What is the meaning behind it? I actually visited Maryland on Friday and took a private tour of the Harriet Tubman museum. Extremely informative and powerful!

  • http://sandrarose.com SandraRose

    I don't know. You would have to ask Tip. He is educating the masses about the influence of trap music.