Days after Brooklyn rapper Bashar Barakah Jackson, better known as Pop Smoke, was killed during a home invasion in Los Angeles, authorities are still investigating the motives behind the attack. Thursday night, TMZ reported that the tragedy appeared to be a “targeted hit... not a robbery.” But on Friday
afternoon, LAPD Capt. Jonathan Tippet, head of the Robbery-Homicide Division, disputed their assessment in a phone call with The Daily Beast. “That was not entirely accurate,” Capt. Tippet said.
Capt. Tippet refuted their interpretation of the footage. “That is not entirely true,” he said. “Some of the individuals were not holding anything after leaving the residence. But it is not true to say that nothing was taken. That’s not entirely accurate... We have some indication of what was taken, but I can’t confirm any details about that... There’s no sense of whether it was a robbery effort or a targeted effort.
When the track debuted on YouTube last May, “Welcome to the Party” racked up views by the millions , prompting remixes from Nicki Minaj, A$AP Ferg, Pusha T, and Rico Nasty. The beat was gloomy and fast-paced; Jackson’s vocals were gravelly and cartoon-villain deep—so much so they became a kind of incredulous punchline. “His voice sound like he gave cigarettes cancer,” one YouTube user wrote.
News of Jackson’s death triggered an outpouring of grief from fans and music industry peers. Just days before his death, the Brooklyn rapper had released his second mixtape, Meet the Woo 2, which debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard album chart. In their mourning, some fans and armchair detectives speculated that the perpetrators had intended to rob the rapper. Earlier that day, Pop Smoke had uploaded photos on Instagram of him sitting in a luxe car, with a friend holding wads of cash.
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