Nipsey Hussle music soars on Amazon, iTunes after murder

American rapper Nipsey Hussle music has soared on various music platforms after news broke out that the Grammy-nominated singer had been murdered in cold blood.

The Crenshaw rapper’s music has soared on Amazon and iTunes in the wake of his fatal shooting, with a lot of his former projects jumping up in position by as much as 500%.

Specifically, Nipsey’s debut studio album, “Victory Lap,” has skyrocketed to the #1 album on Amazon’s Movers & Shakers list, having risen by a whopping 504,766%.

That’s not all though, Nipsey’s album and previous mixtapes actually occupy all four top slots on Amazon’s Movers & Shakers list. “Victory Lap” has also jumped to #2 on Amazon’s overall bestsellers in digital music.

Nipsey was shot and killed Sunday outside of his Marathon Clothing store in South L.A. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.

He was 33.