Rapper Pop Smoke Gunned Down In His $2.5m Hollywood Hills Home Due To Social Post

According to the latest reports, the murderer wore a mask and went with a group of people, burst into his luxury villa on Hollywood Hills. Pop Smoke was killed brutally with fatal gunshot while no others were injured.

20-year-old rapper targeted by Los Angeles assailants

In the early morning Wednesday, around 5 a.m, Los Angeles Police Department received a call reporting that several people had entered the house of his friend. When police officers arrived at the posh house which is worth $2.5 million (~ Rs. 18 crores), the rapper was badly wounded with gunshot.

He was pronounced dead after being taken to the hospital.

Pop Smoke is just 20 years old; his full name is Bashar Barakah Jackson. He is a rising New York rapper and living in the rented Hollywood Hills home in Los Angeles. He has just released his second mixtape “Meet the Woo 2” which gained Number 7 in Billboard Top 200. His very first mixtape “Meet the Woo” was a hit last year with 280 million streams in the world.

Los Angeles police shared that in recent years, musicians’ places are often targets of home invasion and this time, Pop Smoke’s house is probably targeted by assailants.

Don’t post your house address on social media!

According to investigators, the rapper had posted a picture with his home address on a social account, which might hint the assailant of his location.

In the photo, Pop Smoke has captured himself getting a haircut as well as posing in the backyard of his home. He also posted picture of Los Angeles skyline from his living place.

The police department is exploiting more from security cameras nearby to search for a getaway car. Some people inside the house when the incident occurred had been detained but then later released. According to the detectors, at least 4 suspects had fled the scene before the authorities arrived.

A lot of fans and celebrities express their grief on social media over the unfortunate rapper’s death.

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