Bashar Barakah Jackson’s real name the rapper Pop Smoke became known in 2019 with their mixtape Meet the Woo and the single Welcome to the Party, whose success has led to remixes with
Nicki Minaj and Skepta. Rising value of American rap, he was unfortunately killed Wednesday morning in Los Angeles in what looks like a
burglary.
According to a police source, relayed by the TMZ site, two gunmen broke into his home in his Beverly Hills villa, and shot him before fleeing. Pop Smoke was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Hospital and did not survive his injuries.