Celebrated rapper Pop Smoke (real name Bashar Jackson) was brazenly murdered when four assailants broke into The Beverly Hills crib where he was staying, and shot him.  :\'(

https://www.tmz.com/2020/02/19/pop-smoke-dead-dies-20-murdered-home-invasion-robbery/

The 20-year-old rising rapper posted a video of himself opening gift bags with tags that displayed the address of the home where he was staying, to his Facebook story Tuesday night — leading some to speculate as to whether or not the killer used the post to scope out his location.  :o

Just this month, he released his second mixtape Meet the Woo 2, containing features from Quavo, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, Fivio Foreign and Lil Tjay.

He only had two years in the rap game. No one deserves to die like that at a young age.  :\'(

Apparently the NYPD advised the LAPD that Smoke had extensive gang affiliations on the East Coast. The going theory right now is that this was not a simple robbery but some sort of gang related beef.  :-\\

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-four-suspects-caught-of-video-pop-smoke-murder-20200220-vljw7vl7yvhntffqa2qfpobj2a-story.html

Sounds like maybe he was living his lyrics, and things got out of hand.

Authorities have arrested five suspects in the murder of Smoke.

https://abc7.com/pop-smoke-bashar-barakah-jackson-mount-olympus-shooting-hollywood-hills/6309311/