New York Mets first baseman Dominic Smith said Tuesday he'd planned to meet with rapper Nipsey Hussle to seek advice -- but the rapper and business mogul was shot dead in Los Angeles during the weekend.

The LA-born Smith, 23, told Yahoo Sports that Hussle was going to mentor him and that the two talked about getting together during the summer.

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“I’m young and we both came from poverty,” Smith said. “He wanted to help me with everything that I need. You could learn a lot from him.”

The Grammy-nominated rapper was shot and killed outside his store at a South Los Angeles strip mall Sunday. Two others were wounded. Police on Tuesday arrested Eric Holder, who cops say is a gang member, in Hussle’s death.

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Police said Hussle and Holder knew each other and had a personal dispute before the shooting, but it’s unclear how the two knew each other.

Fox News' Katherine Lam contributed to this report.