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Pop Smoke’s gravesite has been vandalized.
The late rapper’s mausoleum crypt at the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York was smashed in over the weekend, a spokesperson for NYPD confirms to PEOPLE.
Pop Smoke, born Bashar Barakah Jackson, wasshot and killed at age 20on Feb. 19, 2020 during an alleged home invasion in Los Angeles.
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In July, five months after he was fatally shot, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced that four teenagers — and two adults Corey Walker and Keandre Rodgers — had been charged with robbery and murder. The minors could not be identified because they were under 18. The case is ongoing.
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The Brooklyn native’s brother Obasi Jackson has also opened up about thegrieving painhe continues to cope with as he mourns the death of his sibling.
“Me losing my only brother — I’m going to miss so many things,” he told Taraji P. Henson during his appearance on her Facebook Watch mini-series,Peace of Mind with Tarajiin January. “I won’t be able to hug my brother again, tell him I love him, see him again. [I] won’t be able to play basketball with him again, work out with him again. I won’t be able to show him my accomplishments.”
During his appearance on the show, Obasi shared that he and Bashar had one final conversation with their family just days before the star was killed.
“Me, my mom and my brother sat in a room for hours, which had not happened in years,” he recalled. “That last conversation [showed me that], ‘Okay, I know my brother loves me and he knows I definitely love him.’ He said he loved me.”
Pop Smoke’sdebut studio album,Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon, was released posthumously in July 2020.
In March, the albumbroke the recordfor longest weeks in the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s top rap albums chart. The historic project amassed its record-breaking 20th week atop the coveted list on Billboard’s chart dated March 27, 2021.
source: people.com
