Pop Smoke was shot and killed in a home invasion in 2020, and now one of the accused culprits has admitted to taking the life of rising Brooklyn rapper.
According to City News Service, the 18-year-old suspect — who was 15 at the time of the fatal incident — admitted to killing the rapper (real name Bashar Barakah Jackson) in juvenile court on Friday (May 12).
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He also admitted to a home invasion robbery charge as well as an allegation that he personally and intentionally discharged a firearm during the crime. He is expected to be held in a state juvenile facility until the age of 25.
L.A. County Superior Court Judge J. Christopher Smith told the defendant along with his 19-year-old co-defendant that Pop Smoke “lost his life over no good reason.”
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“You have no right to take somebody’s life. You have no right to take somebody’s property,” said Smith.
The news comes months after one of the rapper’s murder suspects was sentenced after pleading guilty.
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According to the Los Angeles Times, a 20-year old man pleaded guilty in juvenile court in April, admitting he entered a Hollywood Hills mansion as a teenager in February 2020 with a plan to rob Pop Smoke, who ended up being shot to death by his assailants.
The defendant — whose identity has not been made public — pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and home invasion robbery, becoming the first of four defendants charged in the “Dior” hitmaker’s death to admit wrongdoing in the fatal incident.
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He was sentenced to four years and two months in the Secure Youth Treatment Facility in Los Angeles, but could remain in juvenile custody until he’s 25 — after the judge declined to apply the two years and eight months he already served in juvenile hall, towards his sentence.
Three others were charged in Jackson’s death: Corey Walker, who was 19 at the time, along with two minors who were 15 and 17 at the time of the crime.
Pop Smoke died on February 19, 2020 at the age of 20 after being rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center with multiple gunshot wounds, where he was pronounced dead a few hours later.
The rapper was visiting Los Angeles at the time and posted a photo on Instagram of an Amiri gift bag, which inadvertently showed the address of the property he was renting on Hercules Drive.
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Using that information, a group of teens wearing ski masks reportedly entered the rapper’s bedroom that night and confronted him in the shower.
According to testimony, the 15-year-old pistol-whipped Pop Smoke and shot him three times in the back, before stealing a Rolex watch they later sold for $2,000.
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The defendant who pleaded guilty allegedly scouted the mansion and helped Walker recruit three other juveniles for the robbery, while remaining in “constant communication” with Walker who was in the getaway car.
