Pop Smoke, whose real name is Bashar Barakah Jackson, was shot and killed with a Beretta 9 mm semiautomatic pistol in February 2020 during a home invasion when he was staying in Hollywood Hills.

One of the men responsible for Pop Smoke's murder was sentenced to 29 years in prison, but not before apologizing for his actions. "Even though the Jackson family isn’t here in court today ...

Brooklyn rapper’s posthumous debut matches rising star’s ambition Pop Smoke – real name Bashar Jackson – was killed in a rented Hollywood Hills home during a home-invasion robbery in ...

19, 2020, death of Pop Smoke, whose real name was Bashar Jackson. He also admitted to home-invasion robbery and allegations that he personally and intentionally discharged a firearm during the crime.

Cory Walker, convicted in rapper Pop Smoke’s killing, was sentenced to 29 years in prison bringing the case to an end. One of the conspirators convicted in the killing of rapper Pop Smoke was ...

Corey Walker, the only adult charged in the murder of Pop Smoke, issued an apology to the late rapper’s family before being sentenced to 29 years in prison on Friday (February 21). According to ...

A Brooklyn native, Pop Smoke (real name: Bashar Barakah Jackson) found success last summer when Nicki Minaj appeared on the remix of his hit single “Welcome to the Party,” off his debut EP ...

Her work has previously appeared on Daily Bruin. An 18-year-old man confessed in juvenile court Friday to fatally shooting rapper Pop Smoke in 2020. The Los Angeles Times reported that the ...

Walker admitted to providing a 9mm firearm to one of the juveniles and acknowledged that the group sold Pop Smoke’s diamond-studded Rolex for only $2,000. The Brooklyn-born rapper, whose real ...

The lone adult charged in connection with the Hollywood Hills killing of rap artist Pop Smoke in 2020 was sentenced ... of the 20-year-old rapper, whose real name was Bashar Jackson.