Pop Smoke (born 20 July 1999 – died 19 February 2020) was a famous American rapper. He used to sing for the label named “Victor Victor”. His real full birth name is Bashar Barakah Jackson but people mostly know him from his stage name.
He debuted in the year 2019 through his mixtape. His first ever song is “Welcome to the Party” which got released in the year 2019.
The same year, the rapper also released another song named “Meet the Woo” which received around 6.5 million views on YouTube within a few days of its upload.
On February 19 in 2020 news came about his death. At first, nobody believed but later police revealed the whole detail. On the morning of the same day at 4 AM, around 4 peoples invaded his home on Hollywood hills.
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Pop Smoke American Rapper died on 19 February 2020 after two random guys shot him in his torso
Police got a call from a person stating that some unknown people entered his home and one of them had a gun in his hand. After this, police came to the house where they found Pop Smoke lying on the floor with bullet wounds.
He was then taken to the Cedars-Sinai hospital where the doctors later declared him dead. The whole industry got shocked after his death. Many famous stars like Kylie Jenner, 50 Cent, Nicki Minaj, and Chance the Rapper, Tweeted with RIP after his death.
Childhood, Parents, & Education
The famous rapper Pop Smoke Bashar Barakah Jackson (age 20 years old as of the year 2019) was born in New York City, the U.S. in the year 1999 on 20th July.
His mother is from Jamaica whereas his father is Panamanian. Smoke was the eldest kid of his parents and has a sibling, a brother named Mike Dee.
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childhood photo of Pop Smoke with Mike Dee
Growing up in New York he attended a local high school and did his schooling. When he was in school he used to play basketball in his school and also wanted to be a basketball player in the future.
As per the reports, the rapper got expelled when he was just in the eighth grade. The reason for his suspension was gun possession. Moreover, Bashar was on house arrest for almost two years.
At the age of 15, he left schooling as he was diagnosed with a disease named heart murmur. The late artist was at Rocktop Academy at that time. He received a basketball scholarship to studied in the prep school.
Body Measurements, Physique & Other Details
He was one stylish rapper. The guy used to wear watches like Richard Mille, Rolex, and Audemars Piguet. There are many images in which you can see him wearing heavy jewelry like Diamond chains, Platinum rings, and diamond bracelets.
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Pop Smoke’s physical statistics.
Bashar Jackson had long black hair and black eyes. Pop Smoke was a tall rapper with a height of 5 feet 10 inches (177.8 cm) and his weight was 73 Kg (160.93 pounds).
The guy used to wear glasses every time when he had to appear publicly. His ears were pierced and there were tattoos on both of his arms. Smoke had a quite lean and fit body.
Personal Life & Romantic Affairs
He was in his early 20’s and was dedicated to his singing. His name never got involved in any affair. Pop Smoke was in a relationship with his girlfriend named “Jazzyy Mulani“. He was quite shy in this aspect as we came to know from some sources.
Most of the time, he used to spend his leisure moments with Mike Dee. They used to share everything with each other just like friends. If you see Dee in a pic then you will find Pop in the same image too. Just a day before Pop’s death they both did a photo-shoot together.
When people started asking Mike Dee about Pop Smoke then posted an Instagram post in which he told people to show some sympathy. Bashar seemed to be very angry in the post as he said that he will not release any information and will not give an interview to anyone.
Music Career, Songs & Net worth
In the year 2019, Pop Smoke signed his first music deal and started his career.H gave many hits during his career. After the success of “Welcome to the Party”, he released other songs like “MPR”, “War”, “100k on a Coupe”, “Dior” etc. He also worked in a song named “Gatti”.
In the year 2020, Bashar Jackson just released his mixtape named “Meet the Woo 2”. It again won the heart of the listeners. On his Instagram account, he used to do paid partnerships with brands.
He also used to perform in concerts and people mostly used to gather there in large counts. From March 2 his music tour was about to start. The first show scheduled to happen in Washington DC.
At this small age of only 20, he had earned a lot. He was also an owner of cars like Range Rover Vogue, Bentley Bentayga, BMW M3, and Chevrolet Tahoe. Pop Smoke’s accumulated net worth is around $2.5 million US dollars, as of 2020.
Some Lesser Known Facts about Pop Smoke
- His official Instagram account run by his family & team made a debut on April 20, 2019.
- As of October 2020, it has more than 3.1 million fans and only 48 posts are updated on the platform.
- In one of his posts, Bashar Barakah Jackson described himself as a rude guy.
- Some say that there were four people who entered his house to invade and some say there were 5 of them.
- Pop Smoke was a very close friend of Nicki Minaj because his first song was with her.
- The guy was a huge fan of Louis Vuitton.
- In the year January 17, 2020, he got arrested for the possession of a stolen vehicle which he took for the shoot of a video. Later he got proved not guilty.
- Some people say that he got killed in the invasion and some people are saying that he got killed in the rivalry.
- His music was about to start on March 2.
- After his death, 50 Cent made a Tweet to express his grief.
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