Pop Smoke

Pop+Smoke

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Mickayla Pinon, writer

The young artist Pop Smoke who was only 20 years old, died of homicide on Wednesday, February 19th 2020. According to TMZ, rapper “Pop Smoke’s death wasn’t a robbery gone wrong… it was a target hit… and that conclusion is supported by surveillance video.” When LAPD arrived, it was said that Pop Smoke was found with gun shot wounds, and was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. Some of Pop Smokes popular songs where Dior, Gatti (JACKBOYS feat, Pop Smoke and Travis Scott), Mannequin (feat. Lil Tjay). According to Los Angels Times “The rapper’s death came days after his second mix tape, ‘Meet The Woo 2,’ debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard Top 200 list”. His breakthrough mix tape, “Meet The Woo” released last year, and now has 280 million streams globally.” As family, friends and especially his fans, come together with this devastated incident.