Bashar Barakah Pop Smoke

Bashar Barakah Jackson, widely known as Pop Smoke, was a rising star in the rap scene when his life was tragically cut short on February 19, 2020. At the age of 20, Pop Smoke was staying in a rented house in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, when he became the victim of a violent home invasion. The house, owned by Teddi Mellencamp and her husband Edwin Arroyave, was rented through Airbnb. Around 4:30 a.m., five hooded men, one of whom was armed, broke into the house through a second-story balcony. T ...

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