so you feel like when you know what you're getting into you mean you're more
prepared for what comes your way i'm saying
after pop smoke would arrive on the scene in a big way and build up a huge
buzz in 2019 and gear up to dominate 2020 and more
that was fun it was fine and then from that point on i knew like
yeah i'm finna do this my whole life after clocking in 2.5 million followers
on instagram 1.6 million on youtube 130 000 followers on twitter and would
amass over 2 billion streams worldwide prior
to his untimely passing after a pop-smoke hologram would be
created in paris allowing the late rapper to give one last public
performance from beyond the grave now he had been christened brooklyn raps
homecoming king by the new york times but the passing of pop spoke has been a
monumental loss for the world of music and hip-hop in particular loss of life
has become all too frequent an occurrence and with many young
established names leaving us far far too early
well it's really a hard pill to swallow when an up and coming showcasing so much
talent like pop spoke well he didn't get to reach the full
height of his potential before his life was taken
his passing occurred in the hollywood hills during the early hours of february
19th of this year and it took four months for authorities
to be able to apprehend the four suspects responsible
ages 19 18 17 and 15. also the motive it was robbery the los angeles county d.a
says 18-year-old keandre rogers and 19-year-old corey walker have both been
charged with murder with a special circumstance allegation
that would make them eligible for the death penalty because pop smoke was
allegedly killed while other crimes were already in
progress and what have we learned from all this well
fame and social media well they can be a deadly combination
in the time since his fans they've showcased that an endless amount of
support and tributes with multiple murals haven't been placed
in his native brooklyn now his album shoot for the stars aim
for the moon it would debut at number one on the billboard 200
with all 19 tracks from the album charting on the billboard hot 100. yeah
that's just the tip of the iceberg we got a lot to get through what's going on
guys it's your boy michael mcready back at it again with an after they were gone
video here for you on pop smoke now our deepest condolences they go out
to his loved ones and his family members now the idea with after they were gone
is to touch base on the impact certain artists have had on the world
after their untimely passing now you guys requested this video via
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pop smoke was born bashar baraka jackson on july 20th 1999 in brooklyn new york
the child of panaminian and jamaican parents and he has one sister and one
brother now his family they hail from an area
known as kiner c i hope i'm saying that correctly here's
a clip of a guy who's from there so i can ask you where we at
came in this block and said y'all must start rapping popped in more
than a lot for canarsie this is his community now this is an area comprised
mainly of working in middle class residential and commercial buildings in
the southeastern portion of the borough of brooklyn now for a more in-depth look
at the come up life of pop smoke and his promising rap career
what we did do a deep dive in his before they were gone video so i'm gonna roll a
clip from that that helped fill in some of the blanks for those who missed it
when you're a kid from the hood you've only got three options play ball
sell drugs or rap i did all three was good at all of them
then when he was 13 years old he actually took a slap on a brooklyn
street now this was an incident that was filmed
and then it blew up on social media so i hit the internet and i was actually
able to find an old video and this one was posted to world star
hip-hop so i think this is it now speaking of this altercation he
later stated i'm glad it happened as a kid
i realized it's time to boss up life ain't sweet now if you're feeling bad
for pop smoke in that video well don't fret
seven years later the guy caught up with the same dudes who were giving him a
hard time and it looks like he got his revenge now
there might have been a reason why 13 year old pop smoke was getting picked on
now at the time he was a good kid he actually grew up playing basketball
and he would run the court as a point in shooting guard
there was potential in the sport it even got him relocated to the suburbs of
philadelphia where he was enrolled at rocktop academy
now this is one of several prep schools around the country whose sole purpose
is to get their students attention for college basketball scholarships
now unfortunately for him well they discovered a heart murmur when he was
just 15 years old and that squashed any dreams he ever had of going pro now he
couldn't play competitively anymore but that doesn't mean it stopped him from
schooling his friends in his spare time ladies and gentlemen look at pop smoke
popping ankles now pop smoke's career it happened in record time
that was first time in the booth at the age of 18 or 19 well it
resulted in a viral hit mpr which exploded on spotify and youtube out of
nowhere now today mpr it sits on almost 8.8
million youtube plays and the kid he was just getting started
he had several songs take off in 2019 and he became a brooklyn hero with his
songs being played as anthems all over new york city
now he also began to experience the perk's success
anything a young rapper could ever hope for still it wasn't all smooth sailing
now in a few interviews including one from the new york times
well it was evident that when he was approached by fans in new york city
well he and his entourage they would tense up and they were regularly looking
over their shoulders now they were also seen driving in
formations when on public streets and they were well aware that his ascent
to fame that it came at the price of his security
now he had become vocal advising kids to stay out of gang life and under the
streets and he would later set up a foundation
we'll have more on that in just a minute but it wasn't all philanthropy no pop
smoke he wasn't gonna miss out on the new unfolding opportunities that
surrounded him as a star now he was seen flying in private jets
attending paris fashion week sitting front row
and it's clear that the industry they embraced them with open arms as he was
seen on instagram where he was posing in pictures
rubbing shoulders with the likes of fabulous and diddy and in the booth well
he got to work recording new tracks with the likes of travis scott little tj
nav gonna a boogie cuevo her and more he kicked off the start of 2020 with
meet the woo 2 which debuted at number 7 on the billboard top 200.
meanwhile welcome to the party it went gold and he entered the billboard hot
100 chart four times and his breakout single dior
will it achieve platinum status now all was going well he had two shows set up
one in hollywood the other in santa ana plus he had a 40-plus tour that was
going to take place across the us also on tap while there were shows in
the uk ireland france belgium portugal the kid was gonna see the world in the
meantime he was living in a rental house in the hollywood hills
and being a man his age well of course he was very active on social media
now videos would later appear showcasing pop smoke revealing his house address
while showing off large amounts of money designer goods and a luxury car
there was also his friend mike d who caught a lot of backlash when a photo
surfaced where he had exposed the house address
now in pop smoke's last post to instagram well he was seen discussing
the bloods calling them soft and daring them to pull up at least
that's according to one youtube channel that posted this video
they said he stated you know where i am i'm about to shake the room
oh god the room gonna be shaking so much when i stopped when this song stopped
the room still gonna be shaking on february 19th of this year 2020 a
call came in that a number of suspects they entered his home at 5am in the
morning now according to witnesses and video surveillance
well four men they went around to the back of the house but only three of them
returned to the front now the fourth suspect he exited through
the front door presumably having entered through the back door
now multiple shots they were heard inside the house and when the police
arrived well they found the 20 year old rapper
inside with gunshot wounds in the end he died from a shot that went
to his torso now there are four suspects who have been charged with murder
two of them they were underage there was a fifth guy 21 years old who's been
charged with attempted murder and the two that were of age well i'm
not gonna name any names you know what i mean
but those guys they're actually facing the death penalty with the absence and
tainted reputation of six nine well pop smoke he had given the
east coast a new hero to cheer for and his death well it took an incredible
toll on brooklyn and the surrounding burros
now following his death well there were several murals that were created in
honor of his legacy also his music it was played absolutely
everywhere here's a here's a clip from his funeral
where they had a horse and carriage pull his casket through the streets his
final place of rest is in the greenwood cemetery that's in brooklyn new york
and following his passing will his popularity it only continued to grow
as a wider audience were introduced to his style of rap his deep ominous
delivery and his drill taste now his music
streaming numbers they soared as it is following on instagram
his interviews and the rest now it was also apparent that his influence
it wasn't just in the us because there was even a hologram of him performing
that went up in paris and it shows you that his uh his appeal
well it was worldwide now following his passing there was of
course the george floyd protest and a lot of people were using pop smoke music
as their anthem for black lives matter now this takes us to the release of his
latest album shoot for the stars aimed for the moon
which debuted at number one on the billboard 200
with all 19 tracks from the album charting on the billboard hot 100
now the album it contains features from quavo little baby duh baby sway lee
future roddy rebel roddy rich tyga carol g
little tj king combs and fitty cent who also served as the executive producer
and that man he took it upon himself to complete the album following this
tragedy now all this hard work it paid off
because pop spoke he actually became the first act in hip-hop history to have a
posthumous album debut at the top of the charts
now he's also said to have as many as 400 unreleased songs
so perhaps well more than likely we'll be hearing future work from him in the
future so stay tuned for that now shortly
before the album release will his family they announced that they would be taking
on the non-profit shoot for the stars foundation
that pop smoke had actually begun to set up before his death
now this was created with the intention to establish a platform that helps youth
achieve their goals amidst living and growing up in
difficult circumstances providing them access to technology amongst other
resources obviously the man he wanted to be uh
giving back to the community that brought him up
and uh well just goes to show you know some of these rappers they get mixed up
in street life they're just doing what they got to do
and then in the end street life comes and takes them and this guy was about to
explode in a big way now our condolences they go
to his mother his brother and his sister also to anyone who knew
him and all his fans that's the rest of the story well i'm
gonna wrap this one up here because this of course is after they were gone all
right guys uh we actually previously uploaded this video but there was a full
story to tell a lot of details that we missed we should have waited a little
longer so i hope this uh well i hope you guys
enjoyed it okay i'll see you in another video
bye
you