Rapper Nipsey Hussle's killer Eric R Holder Jr gets 60 years in prison

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The man convicted of killing rapper Nipsey Hussle has been sentenced to 60 years to life in prison.

Eric R. Holder, Jr. was found guilty of first-degree murder last July for killing Hussle - whose real name is Ermias Asghedom - outside Hussle's South Los Angeles clothing store in 2019.

Hussle, a Grammy-nominated artist, died aged 33.

Two bystanders were also hit and injured in the incident.

Superior Court Judge H. Clay Jacke announced Holder's sentence on Wednesday after hearing from one of Hussle's friends as well as reading a letter from Holder's father.