Before Kendrick Lamar was a Pulitzer Prize winner with nearly two dozen Grammy Awards under his belt, he was a student in Compton.

Henley’s father, Eugene, is a music executive who helped launch the career of the late Los Angeles-based rapper Nipsey Hussle. Daiyan describes Hussle, whose real name was Ermias Asghedom, as a “big cousin” to him. One of Hussle’s smash hits was called “Dedication,” which featured fellow Los Angeles native Kendrick Lamar.