Pop Smoke Dead at 20, Legacy Lives On

For complex news, I'm Speedy Morman and the Los Angeles Police Department has confirmed that Brooklyn rapper Pop Smoke was shot and killed this morning in Los Angeles, California, according to his 4:55 a.m. press conference. PST, police units responded to a call in the Hollywood Hills area. and arrived at the scene six minutes after his arrival, authorities found a victim with multiple gunshot wounds. He was then transported to Cedars-Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced

dead

. The

smoke

from the blast was only 20 years old. Several suspects are said to have broken into a home where Pop was staying with at least one wearing a mask at the time of this recording, no suspects have been arrested but authorities say there could be up to six.

The initial 9-1-1 call came from someone here on the East Coast who was said to have had a friend inside the house who alerted them to the situation. ABC has cited sources who say it has been determined that this is a gang-related shooting, but the investigation is still very preliminary. Pop received a package from popular clothing designer Mike. Amiri shared on his Facebook story that it contained the address that would later become the location of his murder. It has not been confirmed whether this post is related to the suspects knowing his whereabouts. It's worth noting that Cedar Sinai is the same hospital. the notorious b.i.g was taken to where he was also declared

dead

pop

smoke

born Bashar Jackson he was very proud of Canarsie Brooklyn known to many New Yorkers as the flossy his song welcome to the party started playing around the city early last summer his The First project, Meet The Whoo, came out in late July and featured songs like PTSD and D or a melodic record that would become one of their biggest to date in August.

Nicki Minaj jumped on the remix to welcome the party and took it as high as number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 to end 2019, appeared on Travis Scott's Jack Boyz compilation on the song Gotti and then released Meet the whoo for the Following up on his debut earlier this month, all of this momentum helped propel him further and solidify his place in this culture. 2020 was supposed to be a year of smoking, pop was widely seen as the future of the music scene. New York City rap and was the face of the Brooklyn workout scene that has been bubbling for the past two years here in the five boroughs.

At just 20 years old, the young rapper has racked up an impressive amount of hits and collaborations on very little time, including songs with the aforementioned Travis Scott quavo and a boogie, among others. The artists' condolences came from all social networks. colleagues and collaborators Nicki Minaj said that the Bible tells us that jealousy is as cruel as the grave incredible may he rest in peace pop 50 cent wrote that there is no success without jealousy betrayal comes from those who are close to our IP and Meek Mill , who was recently seen often with pop smoke wrote damn pop because we live in the internet age it's incredibly strange that one can pass away but still have active posts on their social media pages this is the last time we'll take a look at their

lives

pop smoke shared photos of himself getting a haircut and another geotag in Beverly Hills.

It's quite disturbing, here is the last photo he shared on his Instagram. I have to be honest, 2020 has had a very rough start, it really feels like our hearts are heavy every two weeks by tragic news like this, but I want to put emphasis on the fact that as much as pop smoke has experienced in the last few months touring the world and performing in front of thousands of people, he was only twenty years old and less than a year away from being a teenager for those of you who are from or have visited New York last summer saw the impact his music had .

It's reminiscent of the period when Bobby Shmurda and Rowdy Rebel had the city booming. You couldn't go to a club basketball game or even a social gathering without pop. Dior smoke and welcome to the party was playing with the songs everyone wanted to hear at the height of the night and once one of them came on, every phone was capturing stories. I don't want to be too presumptuous, but this has been a recurring thing. topic in our culture or it's been too long since this happened in other genres of music, it's yet another reminder that no matter where you achieve in life, there are people who want to bring you down, coming out of the hood is no longer enough and simply because you're trying to Staying out of trouble doesn't mean problems will stay away from you.

Rest in peace with Bashar Jackson. The pop smoke disappeared too soon for complex news. I'm fast Morman.