Blockstar pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and home invasion burglary, receiving a four-year, two-month juvenile ...

Here's everything you need to know about the trial surrounding Pop Smoke's murder. On February 19th, 2020, Bashar Barakah Jackson, a.k.a Pop Smoke, a rising star in Brooklyn's drill music scene, died ...

Brooklyn rapper Pop Smoke, born Bashar Jackson, rose from a difficult childhood in Canarsie to become one of New York's most ...

Blockstar says an apology cannot change what happened, but he still wishes he had spoken directly to Pop Smoke’s mother.

Earlier this month, one of Pop Smoke’s alleged killers, Blockstar, did an interview with “No Jumper” in which he talked about the incident, and he appeared to have no regrets about what happened that ...

Over the weekend it was revealed that last year’s February murder of Pop Smoke was carried out by a 15-year-old kid over a Rolex watch and as shocking as that fact is, more information (or lack ...

Pop Smoke was emerging as a superstar when his life was cut short on Feb. 19, 2020. Though it was early in the game for him, the Brooklyn rapper left an imprint beyond his husky voice. The inviting ...

Pop Smoke's voice is unforgettable — a deep, gravelly tone that carries both menace and charm. A pioneer of Brooklyn drill, he took a genre rooted in the streets and propelled it into the global ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Corey Walker, the only adult charged in the murder of rapper Pop Smoke ...

One of the culprits in Pop Smoke’s 2020 murder discussed the fatal shooting in an interview published on July 4. Blockstar, who was a juvenile at the time of the murder, said he was not sorry for his ...

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