The estate of Nipsey Hussle is said to have dropped its case against the Crips.
Nipsey’s brother, Samiel Asghedom, told the court that the estate had reached an agreement with Crips LLC, according to TMZ. The agreement isn’t detailed in the document, which was filed Thursday in Los Angeles County Court, since both parties “are still hammering out some of the terms.”
According to reports, the estate intends to apply the detailed agreement soon.
The feud dates back to the summer of 2019, just months after Nipsey Hussle was fatally shot outside his South Los Angeles clothing shop. The Crips and Asghedom, aka Blacc Sam, had both filed trademark applications for “The Marathon Continues,” one of Nipsey’s most popular slogans. The street gang initially stated that they would not proceed with the applications due to Nipsey’s family’s appeal.
“There will absolutely be no trademark legal battle between their organization and Blacc Sam, brother of the late Nipsey Hussle,” the organization told The Blast. “The Crips respectively vows to support the wishes of Lauren London and the Asghedom family… We realize that our actions may have been offensive, and we have reached out to his family, respectively Nip’s sister, Samantha Smith.”
The Crips later changed their minds the following year, claiming ownership of the “Marathon” trademark, which has become synonymous with Nipsey’s brand: “The Crips organization has long used the phrase ‘The Marathon Continues’ as our ideology slogan in the past,” the gang said in a statement. “Nipsey became a well-known Crip, and the phrase became popularized.”
Nipsey’s estate filed a lawsuit against the Crips after the group made it clear they had no intention of backing down in the trademark fight. The case requested punitive damages and a court order that the Crips destroy all products bearing the “Marathon” trademarks.
