Pop Smoke‘s mother has spoken out against her son’s alleged killer being interviewed, saying the spotlight is “horrible.”
Audrey Jackson caught up with TMZ on Thursday (July 18) and shared her thoughts on King “Blockstar” Raskel receiving media requests.
She said: “For something like this, that is horrible. You really want to interview him and get his opinion, get his position? First of all, you’re not a helping hand. The whole purpose in L.A,’s law is that at 25 you get out and try to make something of yourself, you try to do something with your life. Hopefully there’s been some sort of reform. But you come out and people are like, ‘Yo, bro! How you feel about what you did?’ That’s not helping anybody. You’re sharing with me about gag orders? I’m gonna go look into that, because that makes sense to me.”
Check out the entire interview here. Jackson’s thoughts on Raskel begin at about the 1:48 mark.
Pop Smoke‘s murder made its way back to headlines earlier this month when King Raskel was was released from custody.
In an interview clip posted to Instagram by No Jumper, Blockstar — who was just 15 years old at the time of the 2020 murder — told Adam22 that he didn’t regret anything about the incident.
“I’m not sorry about nothing,” Blockstar stated. “It should’ve never happened, but I ain’t sorry. If I could go back, I’d go back. But I ain’t sorry. People die every day. [Pop Smoke] was rapping about it. All types of stuff. So, I ain’t sorry about it.
“I send my condolences to the family. I wish it never happened. But I don’t regret nothing. Growing up, my people, my family told me, ‘You ain’t sorry for nothing. Whatever you did, you did it for a reason and stand on it.’”
Jackson addressed the “disrespectful” comments made by Raskel when she sat down with Hot 97’s TT Torez. Jackson was asked about his admission that he is not remorseful for his role in the death of the 20-year-old rapper four years ago.
She admitted that she had deliberately not watched the interview in question, saying: “I’m not tuned into that. It’s not a part of my world. I have people who will come and say, ‘Have you heard?’ They’ll hit me up and say, ‘Ma, you okay?’”
Jackson continued: “I felt a way when you just said he was being disrespectful because I’ve been told he’s been interviewing and being disrespectful. I gotta let that go because that’ll eat me up. I gotta let that go.
“The bottom line is, your life is over. His life Is finished. He’s living, but if that’s his approach to what he’s done, life is done for him.”
Wow really? The mother of the dead victim is calling the interview of her sons killer “horrible” and not spectacular? I would have never guessed that in a million years if this bum ass blogger Will “the pathetic super simp” Scooby didn’t post this ground breaking news. AS USUAL WITH EVERY WILL THE MEGA FRUITY SCOOBY ARTICLE THIS ISN’T NEWS AND IT’S TOTAL CRICKETS HERE. GO GET A REAL FUCKING J0B WILLY, A J0B THAT YOU’RE ACTUALLY GOOD AT IF THATS EVEN POSSIBLE, A J0B THAT ACTUALLY PAYS YOU UNLIKE THIS LAUGHABLE BULLSHIT FREELANCE Z LIST GOSSIP GIG AND A J0B WHERE YOU DON’T GET LAUGHED AT EVERY DAY THE WAY U DO NOW. YOU’RE EMBARRASSING AND PATHETIC AF. GO DRINK A GALLON OF BLEACH WILLY I CAN GUARANTEE YOUR CRINGY WASTE OF SPACE ASS WONT BE MISSED.
#BlackPPLProblems
Oh, like white artists aren’t out killing each other constantly too? Kurt Cobain? Mac miller? You ACTUALLY think they died from drugs/suicide?
All the rappers that said what shame this was and how sad they were. They rhyme about having street connections and violence, but will they send anyone for him?
All the rappers that said what shame this was and how sad they were. They rhyme about having street connections and violence, but will they send anyone for him?
This kid needs to grow up, he should be repenting everyday for what he did, not sure if this guy pulled the trigger but he’s still got the mind of a dumb teenager. I hope this kid gets around some wise people and they have a positive impact on him. This is part of a bigger problem about values not being taught to children. It’s not about race, kids of all races aren’t being raised with proper values. Maybe that’s generational and it just keeps passing on. I hope we can change that with this new generation being brought up. Shame on people glorifying this kid and giving him interviews. They say all publicity is good publicity, I disagree that disgrace Adam52 is a culture vulture doing anything for attention, I’ll never pay attention to that clown. Clout chasing scumbag. But again it’s the people’s fault for paying attention to that loser.
If this kid doesn’t have regret he is on a path to do it again. He’s young and dumb, arrogant and confused. He needs Jesus.