Fans have been raising hopes that Pop Smoke‘s murder that has gripped the rap world would finally be solved.
However, new reports indicate that the rapper might have tipped the assailant off before this gruesome murder.
The untimely death of the up-coming rapper has apparently left the rap world devastated. He was shot and killed at the age of 20 in an apparent home invasion robbery on Wednesday. According to TMZ, the incident occurred following a house party at a Hollywood Hills, Calif. home. At around 4:30 a.m., at least four masked men reportedly broke in, fired multiple shots, and fatally injured the rapper.
A quick look at his last post on social media before he was murdered captured the moment he showed off his house address on his Instagram page.
Pop Smoke’s friend considered prime suspect
Prior to his death, Pop Smoke was celebrating his stay in Beverly Hills on social media. He posted a location-tagged Instagram Story, and the star’s last grid post, where he flexed his Louis Vuitton luggage. Meanwhile his friend Mike Dee who held wads of cash, appeared to be outside on a suburban street. TMZ reported that the star accidentally gave away the address of the property when he showed off some gift bags online that were given to him following his No. 7 debut.
Pop Smoke‘s social media posts have led fans to suspect that Dee set the rapper up; however, he was quick to dispel rumors. In his sole Instagram post, Dee wrote, “I just lost my f***ing brother, my heart, my dawgz … y’all don’t know what’s going on. Y’all come on here playing investigator and bashing me on the internet. I would never in my life set my brother up.”
The “Welcome To The Party” rapper was highly regarded as one of the most promising rappers in the increasingly popular New York City drill scene. His single Welcome to the Party featuring Nicki Minaj became a veritable summer anthem. It gave the rapper his first Top 10 hit on the rap charts.
The week of his death, the star’s second album Meet the Woo, Vol. 2 debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200 charts; but Smoke’s success was also marred with controversy — from canceled sets and arrests to rumored gang affiliation.