One of Nipsey Hussle’s business partners, David Gross, shared on Instagram that Hussle was investing in one of Richard Branson’s new Virgin Casino that was to be built on the Las Vegas strip.
Gross posted a picture of him and Hussle after meetings with Virgin Hotel’s senior executives:
" Spoke some things into the universe and they appeared...”
. You always emphasized how important articulating a vision was to actually executing
. We always planned to tell the story behind these pictures but didn’t get the chance to because we were busy executing on the next idea, and each successive opportunity got bigger and bigger...
. This moment deserves sharing because this was a full circle moment. The significance and symbolism of this was profound for both of us because this was us realizing the American Dream at a high level; we took different paths, but both started with no money, connections or a legacy roadmap that got us to this moment.
. This was about 4 months after our syndicate (@djkhaled,@luoldeng9,@rdpeebles) put in a bid for the Viceroy Santa Monica. We were unsuccessful in that but we still shared our attempt with the world. Some people were puzzled why we would share a “failure” but we knew...
. A few weeks later, senior execs from Virgin Hotels reached out to Atlantic (@dallaslifestyle) to meet with us to see if we were serious about being in the hospitality space. We were 👌🏽
. This is the meeting a couple months later, that would result in us becoming partial owners, of not a hotel... But a resort and casino in the desert...
. The Virgin Las Vegas coming 2020#legend#facts #TheMarathonContinues🏁"
It’s estimated the Hussle was worth over $8 million when he was fatally shot in front of his Marathon store on March 31st.
Richard Branson is converting the Hard Rock Hotel into the Virgin Casino, a project that will cost over $2 million.
Although Branson didn’t comment on Hussle’s death, it’s evident that Nipsey was setting his sights on even bigger investments that would directly benefit his family and his community.
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