This is going to be hard for me. Taken away, so talented, and so young. I wonder if he is related to Corn Pop.


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Rapper Pop Smoke shot and killed in home invasion robbery
By Leah Bitsky and Chelsea HirschFebruary 19, 2020 | 10:45am | Updated

Rapper Pop Smoke was shot and killed in Los Angeles on Wednesday morning in what appears to be a home invasion robbery, according to a report. He was 20 years old.

Around 4:30 a.m. local time, two men wearing hooded sweatshirts and masks broke into the home where Pop Smoke was staying, law enforcement sources told TMZ. They fired multiple gunshots, wounding the up-and-coming Brooklyn-born artist, according to TMZ.

A spokesperson for the LAPD confirmed to Page Six that at around 4:30 a.m., a homicide occurred at a Hollywood Hills home, but did not confirm that Pop Smoke, whose real name was Bashar Barakah Jackson, was the victim. We’re told the victim was a black male in his 20s and that he was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Law enforcement is unclear if it was a gang-related incident, the spokesperson said.

The suspects were reportedly seen fleeing on foot and have not been identified or caught.


The Hollywood Hills home was owned by Edwin Arroyave, the husband of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Teddi Mellencamp, according to TMZ. After news of Pop Smoke’s death broke, Mellencamp wrote on Instagram that she and Arroyave “were informed by a 3rd party leasing and management company overseeing a rental home we own in Los Angeles that a shooting had taken place at the property.” She expressed her condolences “to the family and loved ones affected by this tragic loss of life.”

Mellencamp’s rep declined to comment further.

The day before his death, the rapper posted photos and videos to his Instagram stories of himself getting a haircut and swimming in a pool overlooking LA.

Several artists took to Instagram to share their grief for the rapper, including 50 Cent, Nas, and Nicki Minaj. Pop Smoke released his most recent album in July, and collaborated with Travis Scott on his single “GATTI.” Minaj later remixed his hit “Welcome to the Party.”

A rep for Pop Smoke did not immediately return our request for comment.

Ooops

Who?

Pop Smoke . . . . . . . . .somebody popped some smoke in his ass.

Oh no!!! What will we do??

Listen to this schit, hahahaha!

According to the video above, he was shot by Goddy-Goddy. Case closed I guess, but do the police know?

Tremendous potential lost!








NOT!

This is important????

You should expect your time a little more.

Is he related to corn pop?

No, but he was buds with Mr Peanut.

Sounds like someone shot the lizard in the gizzard.

Too bad he could not have piggy backed on the Kobi Bryant funeral.

Now we will never find the cure for cancer. What a loss .

Hahaha. That was funny.

It's a cover-up, guarandamntee it was Biden!

That would be an insult to Corn Pop

Does this mean you'll miss him???? TFF




Take care, Willie

I watched that video.

God speed retard

Rap - noise for people who can't sing and hate cops.

Dammit ennaways!

What a bummer, I just bought his new album :-) the guy was going places :-) RIP POOP SMOKE

To the sky Sweet Prince, to the sky.

Love when they refer to all the street trash thugs as "Artists". Yeah.

I think that SUMS it UP.

1 less of em.

My sincere condolences sent to his alleged daddy Pop Tart and to his estranged girl friend Soda Pop. I remember when he was born immediately everyone in the maternity ward starting rapping POP Goes the Weasel. He was just too young and guaranteed to contribute far more to pop culture!!!!

For some inexplicable reason,I am having a hard time giving a schitt.

Without!!!!!!

🤣

Glad to say that I don't understand any of this.

I was Crip Walkin listening to that. pop smoke......popped smoke

I was wanting to say something like that

Maybe Snoop Dog will be next!

So Pop Smoke was popped and smoked.....how ironic......

From the headlines I see in a couple of the papers that I browse every day, it seems to be a pretty common occupational hazard.

Seems like I remember someone called The Ridiculous F.A.T.

Say hello to Tupac MF'er.

Well if you were hoping for a quick medevac you should have popped smoke.






Sorry, couldn’t help myself

Did Pop smoke a joint before he got popped?

Probably by a rival like Poppa Cap.

Mourned by his brothers.

Snap and Crackle.

Shot in Salmon Idaho?????

Lol!!!

Never heard of her

Damn ! And he was such a fine young man!!!

Did they say if he actually had anything worth stealing?

Some how this is important to the people on this site?

Yep. Pop Smoke got his ass smoked.

Hahaha. Winner, winner....

Not really

Some are just bigots that revel in the death of a young, black entrepreneurs and future philanthropists.

(I said that with a salmon idaho accent) ya know...cause when you don’t live around any hood rats, they’re all saints

In keeping with the music theme and in the words of the late, great, Freddie Mercury: Another One Bites the Dust

same here.
Bashar Barakah Jackson, seriously, that is his REAL name? was he a muzzie, with all them first 2 names??

Is it safe yet?

Another soldier gone in the war against decency

What did Snap Smoke and Crackle Smoke have to say? Sad day indeed.

Haha. They said Pop got popped.

Wonderful another POS out of the Gene pool

The Rap/Hip Hop or whatever they call it now comes straight from the depths of hell. Those that get caught up in that culture will eventually pay the price, either in this life, or the life to come.

And I'm supposed to care? Sorry, ain't happenin'.

Never heard of the guy. Listening to some of his video it looks like he's of the ilk of street/gang rappers nearly always threatening or taunting someone in their songs. And then this... shocking.

The Reverend Pop Corn will preside.

Corn Chip and Corn Nut along with Nut Smoke will sing the sad songs.

Oh no!!!

You almost made drop my beer lmao , seriously it is hard to believe he's gone . On the bright side he won't be making no mo tunes .

One tumor removed

Lol! Is that a 38 Supero?

In more sad news the artist Grape Nut was found murdered inside his rental.



Breaking news, Cheese Dip is now in custody.

Hieroglyphics set to a beat.

So Pop got Smoked? Never heard of 'em.

Meanwhile Bean Dip has just crossed the border to attend the funeral

Good! make stupid sounds, play stupid games!

Sadly Chicken Nugget froze while crossing.
(Canadian brother...)

I'll bet there is already a Go Fund Me page, if any of you want to make a contribution for his burial expenses.

Recollections from days long ago suggest if you pop smoke it is reasonable to anticipate hell raining from the skies above.

He might'a done better to call himself Bullet Proof, or maybe Rich Boy.

I wonder how many chillun he leaves behind...

Rival rapper, Bust Ass, sought in connection with the murders.

Platinum recording star, Lil Toot, grieves fellow industry icons.

Do he now?

Yawn......

Surprise.......

https://www.tmz.com/2020/02/20/pop-smoke-murder-appeared-to-be-target-hit-not-robbery/

I couldn’t sleep last night, cause I was so distraught

In other tragic news, dozens if not hundreds more rappers were found today in good health and very much alive.

Damn......Just damn.

Watching that video confirms what I've known all my life..............it is very evident that Negroes have more jungle DNA in them, than the "civilized" kind.

Tostito wants their 38 Super back.

Simonkenton7: This is a clear cut case of Spy vs. Spy!
In other words WGAF?
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

I hope y'all understand, my OP was pure sarcasm. I shouldn't use it, I know sarcasm is hard to transmit on the forum.

Hollywood division? clueless!

Pop Smoke already made the list!

List of murdered hip hop musicians
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


The following is a list of notable hip hop musicians who have been murdered.

A 2015 study concluded that murder was the cause of 51.5% of U.S. hip hop musician deaths.[1] The study noted that this figure refers primarily to premature deaths as most hip hop musicians have not yet lived long enough to fall into the highest-risk ages for heart- and liver-related illnesses.

Name Date of death Age at death Location of death Cause of death Ref.
Scott La Rock August 27, 1987 25 New York City, New York, U.S. Shot and killed [2]
Paul C July 17, 1989 24 New York City, New York, U.S. Shot and killed [3]
D-Boy Rodriguez October 6, 1990 22 Dallas, Texas, U.S. Shot and killed [4][5]
Charizma December 16, 1993 20 Milpitas, California, U.S. Shot and killed [6][7]
Stretch November 30, 1995 27 New York City, New York, U.S. Shot and killed [8]
Seagram July 31, 1996 26 Oakland, California, U.S. Shot and killed [9][10]
Tupac Shakur September 13, 1996 25 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Shot and killed [11][12][13]
Yaki Kadafi November 10, 1996 19 Orange, New Jersey, U.S. Shot and killed [14]
The Notorious B.I.G. March 9, 1997 25 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Shot and killed [15][16][17]
Fat Pat February 3, 1998 27 Houston, Texas, U.S. Shot and killed [18][19]
Big L February 15, 1999 24 New York City, New York, U.S. Shot and killed [20][21][22]
Freaky Tah March 28, 1999 27 New York City, New York, U.S. Shot and killed [23]
Bugz May 21, 1999 21 Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. Shot and run over [24]
DJ Uncle Al September 10, 2001 32 Miami, Florida, U.S. Shot and killed [25][26]
Jam Master Jay October 30, 2002 37 New York City, New York, U.S. Shot and killed [27]
Sabotage January 24, 2003 29 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Shot and killed [28][29]
Camoflauge May 19, 2003 21 Savannah, Georgia, U.S. Shot and killed [30]
Half a Mill October 24, 2003 30 New York City, New York, U.S. Shot and killed [31]
Soulja Slim November 26, 2003 26 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. Shot and killed [32][33]
Mac Dre November 1, 2004 34 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. Shot and killed [34]
Blade Icewood April 19, 2005 28 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. Shot and killed [35]
Proof April 11, 2006 32 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. Shot and killed [36][37][38]
Big Hawk May 1, 2006 36 Houston, Texas, U.S. Shot and killed [39]
VL Mike April 20, 2008 32 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. Shot and killed [40]
Dolla May 18, 2009 21 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Shot and killed [41][42][43]
Lele July 1, 2010 23 Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico Shot and killed [44]
Magnolia Shorty December 20, 2010 28 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. Shot and killed [45]
Bad News Brown February 11, 2011 33 Montreal, Quebec, Canada Murdered [46]
Adán Zapata June 1, 2012 21 San Nicolás, Nuevo León, Mexico Shot and killed [47]
Lil Phat June 7, 2012 19 Sandy Springs, Georgia, U.S. Shot and killed [48]
MC Daleste July 7, 2013 19 Paulínia, São Paulo, Brazil Shot and killed [49]
Pavlos Fyssas September 18, 2013 34 Keratsini, Athens, Greece Stabbed to death [50]
Depzman September 21, 2013 18 Birmingham, West Midlands, England Stabbed to death [51]
Doe B December 28, 2013 22 Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. Shot and killed [52]
The Jacka February 2, 2015 37 Oakland, California, U.S. Shot and killed [53]
Flabba March 9, 2015 37 Alexandra, Gauteng, South Africa Stabbed to death [54]
Chinx Drugz May 17, 2015 31 New York City, New York, U.S. Shot and killed [55]
Bankroll Fresh March 4, 2016 28 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Shot and killed [56]
3-2 November 10, 2016 44 Houston, Texas, U.S. Shot and killed [57]
Lil Peep November 15, 2017 21 Tucson, Arizona, U.S. Drug lacing [58]
XXXTentacion June 18, 2018 20 Deerfield Beach, Florida, U.S. Shot and killed [59]
Jimmy Wopo June 18, 2018 21 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. Shot and killed [60][61]
Young Greatness October 29, 2018 34 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. Shot and killed [62]
Feis January 1, 2019 32 Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands Shot and killed [63]
Kevin Fret January 10, 2019 25 Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico Shot and killed [64]
Nipsey Hussle March 31, 2019 33 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Shot and killed [65]
Pop Smoke February 19, 2020 20 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Shot and killed [66]

Isn't that what happens to them all?

Never heard of the Hood Rat, but what I do know is you all just made my day. Thank you

Had no idea Fat Pat had been whacked.

So that’s what Lil Troy was goin on about in Wanna Be a Ball’a podcast

https://youtu.be/tH1tl15AgTo

Fat pat is gone? Chit

Im still listening to Chinx Drugs.

Lemmee guess. All killed by a racist white guy? Guy in a red MAGA hat? Legally purchased firearm? Votes republican generally? No? Must’ve been triggered by a historical marker related to the confederacy he never saw?

'Art comes in many forms; but thats not one of them

You jus' so racis' you don't know art when you see it.

Does this mogul have a gofundme started?

Too short for the NBA ????

He was gonna lay the rap game down after his next hit and be a ‘padoossa’

Has anybody heard anything about Pot Pie and Hot Pockets ?

Dems de ones dat did da shootin' 😂😂

Billy mac is a detective down in texas, he ain’t gonna let them two escape justice

They gave the money to Pop Tart

So now I need to make a decision about important and more weighty matters.



Should I have an elk burger or antelope tacos for lunch......................?

How’s does society move forward without such creative genius? #justiceforpopsmoke. LMAO!

I think I will go take an old man's nap. This stuff really takes my energy away. Actually I was up in the middle of the night as usual. I don't ever go to the news media even when I'm trying to get sleepy. I might fall out of my chair and be injured. Laughing. Be Well, Rustyzipper.