Rapper Pop Smoke ‘dead at 20 after home invasion’
RAPPER Pop Smoke dead at 20 years old after a home invasion gone wrong.
The up and coming rapper was reportedly killed Wednesday morning at a Hollywood Hills home at 4:30 a.m. after two men broke in, police enforcement told TMZ.
The US site reports two men wearing masks shot the star multiple times before fleeing on foot.
After the altercation, Pop – real name Bashar Barakah Jackson – was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in West Hollywood, but was later pronounced dead.
Police are yet to release any information about the suspects.
Pop Smoke burst onto the scene in 2019 with single Welcome to the Party and his debut mixtape Meet the Woo.
This month he released a second Mixtape, Meet the Woo 2, with features from Quavo, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, Fivio Foreign and Lil Tjay.
The rapper also featured on Travis Scott’s track Gatti.
He was set to play at Wireless Festival in London on Friday July 3, alongside A$AP Rocky and Young Thug.
Tributes from artists have flooded in since the news broke.
Superstar Nicki Minaj shared a photo of the young rapper on Instagram and wrote: “The Bible tells us that jealousy is as cruel as the grave. Unbelievable. Rest In Peace, Pop.”
Chip – formerly Chipmunk – wrote: “RIP POP SMOKE. Rap game f**** up man. Kid was 20. Kmt.”
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Krept, from Krept and Konan, said: “Pop smoke wtf?? A home robbery. You want to kill a man for HIS things. F*****g scummy tramp shit. RIP man thats f***ed up”
The Mobo Awards also paid tribute to the young artist, saying: “RIP Pop Smoke. Only 20 years old… with so much talent”.