Pop Smoke’s Death Reportedly Seems To Have Been A Targeted Hit, Not A Robbery

Jadakiss‘ fifth solo album, Ignatius, is officially dropping on March 6th, a week after the project had been originally slated for release. The MC sat down with Genius’ VP of Content Strategy Rob Markman to discuss why the new project was delayed on the latest episode of For The Record. During the conversation, Jadakiss revealed that the untimely death of rising Brooklyn drill star Pop Smoke made him reconsider his entire album release.

Pop Smoke's music is climbing the Official UK Charts following his death last week. 

Pop Smoke died on February 19, aged 20, following a "targeted shooting".

On February 19, Pop Smoke was shot and killed in a home invasion. The 20-year-old rapper was leading the Brooklyn drill scene into the mainstream, having just earned his first Top 10 entry on the Billboard 200 with his second mixtape, Meet the Woo 2. As fans mourned his death, they flocked to Genius to revisit the Canarsie, Brooklyn-raised MC’s lyrics, increasing his total pageviews by 782 percent.

On February 19, Pop Smoke was shot and killed in a home invasion. The 20-year-old rapper was leading the Brooklyn drill scene into the mainstream, having just earned his first Top 10 entry on the Billboard 200 with his second mixtape, Meet the Woo 2. As fans mourned his death, they flocked to Genius to revisit the Canarsie, Brooklyn-raised MC’s lyrics, increasing his total pageviews by 782 percent.

The home-invasion death of rising rapper Pop Smoke in Los Angeles does not appear to be part of a robbery, police said Thursday (Feb. 20), as detectives sought to identify the shooter and the music community mourned. 

As many fans around the world continue to mourn Pop Smoke after learning about his shocking passing, new updates surrounding his murder are coming in.

Pop Smoke tragically passed away yesterday morning after being shot in what seemed to be a home invasion robbery.

Pop Smoke tragically passed away yesterday morning after being shot in what seemed to be a home invasion robbery.

Travis Scott chose to honor Pop Smoke's legacy after the rapper was killed at just 20 years old during a home invasion robbery in the Hollywood Hills earlier Wednesday morning (Feb. 19) by playing a snippet of one of the Brooklyn drill rapper's unreleased songs.The two collaborated on "Gatti" late last year on Scott's No.

Pop Smoke has died following a shooting at his home in Hollywood, TMZ reports. The publication, citing law enforcement sources, claims that "two men wearing hoodies and masks broke into a house... fired multiple shots, striking and critically wounding Pop Smoke." The men were then reportedly seen fleeing on foot. At the of writing no arrests have been made.

Pop Smoke was reportedly shot and killed in a home invasion in the Hollywood Hills early Wednesday morning (Feb. 19). Many in the hip-hop community, including Nicki Minaj, have paid tribute to the late Brooklyn rapper, who undoubtedly had a bright future ahead of him.