On his eighth set of street-centric, Los Angeles-loving rhymes, rapper Nipsey Hussle continued his steady rise, which was reflected by the impressive list of guests on Crenshaw. Recruiting the likes of Dom Kennedy, Rick Ross, James Fauntleroy, Slim Thug, and many more, Crenshaw was issued both for free and as a limited-edition physical release, which was priced at $100 per copy (to support the entrepreneurial emcee, Jay-Z bought a hundred). Following the rapper's untimely death in March 2019, the mixtape debuted on the Billboard 200 at number 63, Hussle's highest showing for a non-LP release.