For Nipsey Hussle, A Royal Sendoff in Los Angeles

Nipsey Hussle’s final procession departs Staples Center. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP / Getty Images)

Under a bright sky and wispy clouds, a pair of middle-aged men rolled past the Staples Center in a silver Chevrolet convertible of a similar vintage, bumping Nipsey Hussle’s Victory Lap. Street vendors hawked shirts emblazoned with the face of the man born Ermias Asghedom as news helicopters whirred overhead. And tens of thousands flocked to the arena to mourn the death–and celebrate the life–o...