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Tickets for Nipsey Hussle memorial at Staples Center available Tuesday

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A celebration of life for slain rapper Nipsey Hussle is set for 10 a.m. Thursday, April 11, at Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Free tickets for the public memorial will be available at 10 a.m. Tuesday only to California residents, according to organizers. Tickets will be available at axs.com. There is a four-ticket limit per household and a ZIP code is necessary.

The 33-year-old rapper — whose real name was Ermias Joseph Asghedom — was fatally shot March 31 in front of The Marathon Clothing store he owned in the 3400 block of West Slauson Avenue in Los Angeles.

In the days since Hussle was gunned down in the Hyde Park area of Los Angeles fans have gathered to mourn and to honor the rapper, who was recently nominated for a Grammy for best rap album.

Doors to Staples Center will open at 8 a.m. Thursday. Attendees are encouraged to arrive early, organizers said. Guests will be subject to metal-detector screening and other searches. No backpacks of any size will be allowed, and no bags larger than 14-by-14-by-6 inches will be permitted.

No cameras or recording devices will be permitted, according to organizers, and anyone seen taking photos or recording may be asked to leave. Cell phones are permitted, but those who are seen using them will be asked to leave, according to the Staples Center Box Office.

  • A woman repositions a flower placed at a makeshift memorial in rememberance of Nipsey Hussle, the rapper who was shot and killed in front of his business, The Marathon Clothing at 3420 W. Slauson Ave. in Los Angeles, on Sunday, March 31. (Eric Licas, LA Daily News / SCNG)

  • A fan of the rapper Nipsey Hussle lights a candles outside his clothing store in Los Angeles during a memorial on Monday, April 1, 2019. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)

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  • A long time fan of Nipsey Hussle prays for the slain rapper in the parking lot of his clothing store, Marathon, on Monday, April 1, 2019. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)

  • Angelica Hernandez, a long time Nipsey Hussle fan, becomes emotional during a memorial for the slain rapper in Los Angeles on Monday, April 1, 2019. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)

  • Fans of the rapper Nipsey Hussle hold a memorial in the parking lot of his clothing store, Marathon at 3420 W. Slauson Ave. in Los Angeles on Monday, April 1, 2019. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)

  • Fans of the rapper Nipsey Hussle pay their respects by leaving candles and messages of endearment on a wall outside of his clothing store at 3420 W. Slauson Ave. in Los Angeles on Monday, April 1, 2019. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)

  • Fans record video in front of The Marathon Clothing, 3420 W. Slauson Ave. in Los Angeles, where rapper Nipsey Hussle was shot and killed on Sunday, March 31. (Eric Licas, LA Daily News / SCNG)

  • Fans of the rapper Nipsey Hussle pay their respects by leaving candles outside his clothing store, Marathon, in Los Angeles on Monday, April 1, 2019. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)

  • A man leave messages in remembrance of Nipsey Hussle during an impromptu memorial held hours after the rapper was fatally shot in front of The Marathon Clothing, 3420 W. Slauson Ave., on Sunday, March 31. (Eric Licas, LA Daily News / SCNG)

  • Edgar Johnson raises his beer to toast the rapper Nipsey Hussle during a memorial on W. Slauson Ave. in Los Angeles on Monday, April 1, 2019. Johnson drove from his home in Victorville, CA to pay his respects to the slain rapper. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)

  • From right, Natasha Johnson and her friend K.J. embrace during a memorial for the rapper Nipsey Hussle in front of his clothing store, Marathon, in Los Angeles on Monday, April 1, 2019. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)

  • Mourning fans leave messages in remembrance of Nipsey Hussle during an impromptu memorial held hours after the rapper was fatally shot in front of The Marathon Clothing, 3420 W. Slauson Ave., on Sunday, March 31. (Eric Licas, LA Daily News / SCNG)

  • Fans of the rapper Nipsey Hussle hold a memorial in the parking lot of his clothing store, Marathon at 3420 W. Slauson Ave. in Los Angeles on Monday, April 1, 2019. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)

  • Fans of rapper Nipsey Hussle appear at a makeshift memorial in the parking lot of Hussle’s Marathon Clothing store in Los Angeles, Monday, April 1, 2019. Hussle was killed in a shooting outside the clothing store on Sunday. The vigil continued into Monday night, when it turned violent, resulting in multiple injuries and a heightened police presence. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

  • Longtime Nipsey Hussle fan Kenneth Hicks, 23, leaves a message in remembrance of the rapper who was gunned down hours earlier in front of The Marathon Clothing, a company owned by Hussle in Los Angeles, on Sunday, March 31. (EricLicas, LA Daily News / SCNG)

  • Police investigated and fans left flowers Sunday night near Slauson Avenue and Crenshaw Boulevard in South Los Angeles after rapper Nipsey Hussle was fatally shot nearby. (Photo by Eric Licas/SCNG)

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Details are available online at www.staplescenter.com/events/detail/nipseyhussle.

The suspect in the fatal shooting, 29-year-old Eric Ronald Holder Jr. pleaded not guilty last week to one count each of murder and possession of a firearm by a felon, along with two counts of attempted murder. The charges include an allegation that Holder personally and intentionally discharged a handgun.

Eric Holder. (Photo courtesy Los Angeles Police Department)

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Teresa Sullivan ordered Holder to be jailed in lieu of $5 million bail while awaiting his next court appearance May 10.

Holder, an aspiring rapper, could face a potential life prison sentence if convicted as charged, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.