Breakout Brooklyn drill rapper Pop Smoke (born Bashar Barakah Jackson) has been shot and killed in Los Angeles on Wednesday morning, TMZ first reported.
Rolling Stone has since confirmed his death with the LAPD. According to both reports, Pop Smoke was shot and critically wounded in what appears to be a home invasion robbery.
Police responded to an emergency call at 4:20 a.m. after masked gunmen broke into the Hollywood Hills home where he was staying.
TMZ reports the rapper was transported to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in West Hollywood, where he was then pronounced dead.
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