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It has only been a year since the passing a Los Angeles hero and music icon Nipsey Hussle, and while many of his fans have cringed to his popular TMC motto, Hussle’s estate is currently suing the Crips over a trademark for “The Marathon Continues”.
As the ‘Victory Lap’ rapper once held ties as a member of the known Crips gang, Nip’s family is going up against the current organization for trying to capitalize off of his catchphrases. Earlier this month, Crips, LLC were reportedly filing to trademark “The Marathon Continues” and now the estate is moving forward to prevent that form happening. Nipsey’s brother Samuel Asghedom argues that the estate should have ownership of the catchphrase and they are owed monetary compensation for and calling or any mercy that was produced using Nipsey’s saying to be destroyed.
Although the estate claims to have filed a trademark less than two months after Hussle’s passing, the Crips current filing occurred despite the gang agreeing to abandon the trademarks and apparently issuing the Asghedom family an apology.
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