Nipsey Hussle’s daughter Emani Asghedom turned 18 on November 9, and her uncle Samiel “Blacc Sam” Asghedom marked the occasion with a new Mercedes-AMG GT. The gift arrives nearly seven years after the rapper was killed outside his Marathon Clothing store in South Los Angeles on March 31, 2019, when Emani was 10.
A video posted to the Marathon Clothing Instagram account shows Asghedom in the driver’s seat of the black car, a large red bow still on the hood. She wears a blue hoodie and matching pants and smiles while looking over the interior.
Her mother, Tanisha Foster, shared a separate photo of her daughter and wrote, “Happy 18th cakeday my baby is a young lady now I love you.”
Hussle’s sister, Samantha Smith, also posted birthday messages and photos.
The birthday follows two other significant developments for the family this year. In May, Asghedom graduated from high school. Photos from the celebration show her in a purple cap and gown with both Foster and Blacc Sam. She was 17 at the time and attended private schools in the Los Angeles area. Then, in July, court documents confirmed that she and her younger half-brother Kross — Hussle’s son with Lauren London — each received 50 percent of their father’s estate, previously valued at approximately $11 million. The equal split between the two children closed a multi-year probate process.
Those milestones came after years of legal arrangements that followed Hussle’s death. A custody dispute between Foster and Blacc Sam was resolved in March 2025 with a joint legal and physical custody agreement. Under the settlement, Asghedom spends roughly 60 percent of her time with her mother and 40 percent with her uncle. Hussle’s mother, Angelique Smith, and sister Samantha Smith stepped down as co-guardians as part of the resolution. Blacc Sam has remained a consistent presence for his niece throughout.
Asghedom was born November 9, 2008, in Los Angeles. While Hussle was alive, he spoke publicly about the values he tried to pass on to her. In a 2018 conversation with Stephen Curry that circulated widely after his death, he described the short daily routine he ran with her on the way to school — a brief script focused on integrity, confidence, and leadership. He said he wanted her to grow up and look back on those lessons as the things he considered most important. She appeared with him at public moments, including the 2019 Grammy Awards, where Victory Lap was nominated for Best Rap Album.
The combination of her 18th birthday, the car from her uncle, the earlier graduation, and the estate distribution marks a clear transition. Asghedom has largely stayed out of the public eye since 2019, and the people closest to her have handled the practical side of raising her after her father’s death. For many who followed Hussle’s career, the story is straightforward: a girl who was 10 when her father was killed is now 18, has finished high school, has received her share of the estate, and has an uncle who continues to show up. The Mercedes is the visible gift. The longer record is the custody resolution, the graduation, the estate payout, and the daily lessons Hussle said he was trying to leave behind.
