A new mural of the late rapper Pop Smoke has gone viral for all the wrong reasons: 'Who that?'
- A new mural of the late rapper Pop Smoke has gone viral for all the wrong reasons.
- "Who that?" wrote one Twitter user, to which another replied: "Nobody."
A new mural of the late Pop Smoke has gone viral for all the wrong reasons.
Photos of the mural circulated online this week, showing the rapper, who was killed in February 2020, pulling a pose while donning his signature braids and a watch.
The location of the mural and the artist's identity are unclear, but that didn't stop Twitter from dragging the piece through the mud.
"Who that?" wrote one user, to which another replied: "Nobody."
"They put the Snapchat baby face filter on him smh…" read one tweet. Another said: "It's the thought that counts right ?"
Other users joked that rather than Pop Smoke, the artwork is instead of "Pop Fog" or "Soda Smoke."
"That's somebody's Pop…. But it ain't Pop Smoke," read one tweet.
The mural arrives shortly after one of the suspects in Pop Smoke's murder case was officially sentenced.
The "Got It On Me" rapper, real name Bashar Jackson, was shot dead during a home invasion in the Hollywood Hills in February 2020. He was 20.
According to the Los Angeles Times, a 20-year-old man pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and home invasion robbery in juvenile court on April 6, admitting he entered Pop Smoke's rented Hollywood Hills mansion as a teenager with the intention to rob him.
The unnamed defendant was sentenced to four years and two months in the Secure Youth Treatment Facility in Los Angeles, but could remain in juvenile custody until he's 25, reported the Times.
Others charged in Pop Smoke's death include Corey Walker, who was 19 at the time, along with a 15-year-old and 17-year-old.