Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nipsey Hussle (2nd nomination)


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The result was   no consensus. There's a legitimate debate about whether the available sources on NH are significant enough to establish his notability. As such I do not see a consensus for deletion, thus the article is kept by default. --Bigtimepeace | talk | contribs 00:10, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Nipsey Hussle
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Non-notable musician with only mixtapes to his credit. Lacks significant coverage in reliable sources, but there was a profile in MTV.com's Mixtape Daily. Fails WP:GNG, WP:MUSICBIO. Yappy2bhere (talk) 19:16, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. The MTV article is fine as a source, and there's also: this from XXL, this from XXL, this from SixShot.com, he's one of the headliners in the COOL Concert for Haiti and appears on the charity remake of "We are the World", there's a Village Voice (staff blog) interview, there's this from Urban Network, this from HipHopDX. I think there's enough for the article to be kept and improved.--Michig (talk) 20:49, 6 February 2010 (UTC)


 * I don't believe SixShot, AmericanSuperstarMag, Urban Network, and HipHopDX are reliable sources, since they don't appear to be notable as either publications or websites. It's absurd to think that The Village Voice would identify a staff writer or editor as "Village Voice contributor" instead of giving him or her a by-line. The Source and AllHipHop merely name Nipsey Hussle in describing the "We Are The World" remake, and Nymag mocks him. The subject of the first XXL story is Dr. Dre, not Hustle, with Hussle eulogizing Dr. Dre. The subject of the second story (which produced the quote that amused NY Mag) is the "We Are The World" remake, again not Hussle. Nipsey Hussle isn't the subject of any of these stories. He's the reporter. Yappy2bhere (talk) 22:30, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * The 2 XXL articles are significant coverage of Nipsey Hussle. HipHopDX is a reliable source, as I believe is SixShot.com. Add these to the MTV article and we have WP:BAND criterion 1 satisfied.--Michig (talk) 07:14, 7 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete Just not notable. Hipocrite (talk) 22:49, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:41, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. A non-notable guy who has produced nothing notable. Niteshift36 (talk) 01:15, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Also see: Articles for deletion/Bullets Ain't Got No Name, Vol. 2 and Articles for deletion/Bullets Ain't Got No Name, Vol. 1. Niteshift36 (talk) 01:28, 7 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. Alan  -  talk  04:24, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep: per Michig. Coverage by numerous MTV articles, headlining significant events and Billboard has a dedicated (albeit anemic) page about him alone.  Toddst1 (talk) 16:58, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Headlining significant events? Or appearing at them? The Billboard page isn't anemic, it's pretty much empty. Release an album and no matter how non-notable it is, they'll probably put one up for you too on the off chance that you might become notable one day. Considering that Billboard accepts bio entries from the artist/label, the fact that they haven't even bothered to fill that out is telling. Niteshift36 (talk) 17:09, 8 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete per Niteshift36, has not yet attained notability per music guidelines. RFerreira (talk) 23:45, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment. See this article, http://www.allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2010/01/17/22099143.aspx, which is reproduced in part on the Orange County Register at http://topics.ocregister.com/article/05mS1X393jb4x - Eastmain (talk • contribs) 02:19, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment. In reply to Yappy2bhere, many newspapers and magazines are reliable sources without themselves being notable. – Eastmain (talk • contribs)  02:19, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry, simply telling us he's going to be in a concert doesn't sound all that significant. Niteshift36 (talk) 03:48, 11 February 2010 (UTC)


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