• NYPD tried to get Pop Smoke to snitch on Crips months before his death

    NYPD tried to get Pop Smoke to snitch on Crips months before his death

    Before he was gunned down during a Hollywood Hills home invasion, Brooklyn rapper Pop Smoke was dodging New York law-enforcement authorities who hounded him to inform on gang members and spill what he knew about a pair of Brooklyn shootings, The Post has learned. The Canarsie-raised rapper — real name Bashar Jackson — was first …
  • Four charged with murder of Brooklyn-born rapper Pop Smoke

    Four charged with murder of Brooklyn-born rapper Pop Smoke

    Two men and two teens have been charged with killing Brooklyn-born rapper Pop Smoke during a home-invasion robbery in Los Angeles in February, officials announced Monday. Corey Walker, 19, and Keandre Rodgers, 18, were hit with one count each of murder and robbery for the Feb. 19 slaying of the artist, whose real name was …
  • Auto theft charge dropped against late Brooklyn rapper Pop Smoke

    Auto theft charge dropped against late Brooklyn rapper Pop Smoke

    An auto theft charge was dropped Monday against late Brooklyn-born rapper Pop Smoke, who was gunned down inside a Los Angeles mansion in February, the feds announced in a court filing. Pop Smoke, whose real name is Bashar Jackson, was charged last January with stealing a $375,000 black Rolls Royce that he used in a …