Rapper Pop Smoke dead

[dtownsfinest]

Every time someone get shot or die from some drugs.....everyone wants to then give speeches and shit. Why do these dudes like 50 and Jeezy wait to do this when someone die? They want to benefit off that lifestyle and play righteous when it takes one of us.

 

[tallblacknyc]

 

[TooTrilla]

To be surrounded by security was actually smart. Not foolish

Everything else he did was complete foolery though

 

[tallblacknyc]

eerie vid when you think about it.. "2 dudes" wanting to get at him, he was partying, "multiple gunshots at the end of the vid while hanging out"

 

[REDLINE]

Every time someone get shot or die from some drugs.....everyone wants to then give speeches and shit. Why do these dudes like 50 and Jeezy wait to do this when someone die? They want to benefit off that lifestyle and play righteous when it takes one of us.

Probably because when they do it just to do it, people say “Don’t nobody wanna hear you preaching shit”?

 

[moblack]

Fact Cube is from a Crip set . The End

Literally any Black person who was born and raised in South LA is from a Crip set. There are tons of people who from the Crenshaw District which is the area where the Rolling 60s turf is. Don't mean they from the set.

 

[jasonblacc]

I don't wish death on nobody but when I use to listen to Pop Smoke music....he was talking about scamming and all that shit. Shit don't warrant death but when you hear these niggas rap about this shit its hard to be shocked when some shit like this happen.

We know how the streets treat niggas that look like Tekashi and George Zimmerman. Talk all that shit but they be good to walk the streets.

So every time someone dies we going to bring up Zimmerman?

 

[REDLINE]

So every time someone dies we going to bring up Zimmerman?

Yep, that’s what they do. It literally makes no sense but people continue to do it.

It makes them feel good so I no longer respond to them.

 

[footloose]

Everything else he did was complete foolery though

Only thing he did that was foolery was snitching. Read the art of war.

 

[spider705]

He sound like a lesser talented Young MA

 

[PDQ21]

So every time someone dies we going to bring up Zimmerman?

U could be like I wanted to kill my boss and they'd say u wanted to kill ya boss but u not keeping that same energy with Zimmerman

How could the disciples nail Jesus to the cross while Zimmerman still walking around smh as if the mfer really walking around the hood at night or something

I use to reply but it's not even worth it

 

[exiledking]

eerie vid when you think about it.. "2 dudes" wanting to get at him, he was partying, "multiple gunshots at the end of the vid while hanging out"

How many videos And songs have this theme? Cuz the shits normal. Rappers die every week

 

[REDLINE]

U could be like I wanted to kill my boss and they'd say u wanted to kill ya boss but u not keeping that same energy with Zimmerman

How could the disciples nail Jesus to the cross while Zimmerman still walking around smh as if the mfer really walking around the hood at night or something

I use to reply but it's not even worth it

The boss though?

 

[tallblacknyc]

How many videos And songs have this theme? Cuz the shits normal. Rappers die every week

Post all the dead rappers that died in the past 52 weeks to prove your point of known artist that have been killed

Ill be waiting for the list to prove your theory

 

[exiledking]

Post all the dead rappers that died in the past 52 weeks to prove your point of known artist that have been killed

Ill be waiting for the list to prove your theory

Well they have to have a name to a certain level to appear on a comprehensive list. Many die and no one knows who they are, but the paper still lusts them as rappers. So I'll give you that, I'm stretching it with that statement. But this list will show you that I ain't stretching it by much.

The following is a list of notable hip hop musicians who have been murdered.

A 2015 study concluded that murder was the cause of 51.5% of U.S. hip hop musician deaths.[1] The study noted that this figure refers primarily to premature deaths as most hip hop musicians have not yet lived long enough to fall into the highest-risk ages for heart- and liver-related illnesses.

Name	Date of death	Age at death	Location of death	Cause of death	Ref.
Scott La Rock	August 27, 1987	25	New York City, New York, U.S.	Shot and killed	[2]
Paul C	July 17, 1989	24	New York City, New York, U.S.	Shot and killed	[3]
D-Boy Rodriguez	October 6, 1990	22	Dallas, Texas, U.S.	Shot and killed	[4][5]
Charizma	December 16, 1993	20	Milpitas, California, U.S.	Shot and killed	[6][7]
Stretch	November 30, 1995	27	New York City, New York, U.S.	Shot and killed	[8]
Seagram	July 31, 1996	26	Oakland, California, U.S.	Shot and killed	[9][10]
Tupac Shakur	September 13, 1996	25	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	Shot and killed	[11][12][13]
Yaki Kadafi	November 10, 1996	19	Orange, New Jersey, U.S.	Shot and killed	[14]
The Notorious B.I.G.	March 9, 1997	25	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Shot and killed	[15][16][17]
Fat Pat	February 3, 1998	27	Houston, Texas, U.S.	Shot and killed	[18][19]
Big L	February 15, 1999	24	New York City, New York, U.S.	Shot and killed	[20][21][22]
Freaky Tah	March 28, 1999	27	New York City, New York, U.S.	Shot and killed	[23]
Bugz	May 21, 1999	21	Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.	Shot and run over	[24]
DJ Uncle Al	September 10, 2001	32	Miami, Florida, U.S.	Shot and killed	[25][26]
Jam Master Jay	October 30, 2002	37	New York City, New York, U.S.	Shot and killed	[27]
Sabotage	January 24, 2003	29	São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil	Shot and killed	[28][29]
Camoflauge	May 19, 2003	21	Savannah, Georgia, U.S.	Shot and killed	[30]
Half a Mill	October 24, 2003	30	New York City, New York, U.S.	Shot and killed	[31]
Soulja Slim	November 26, 2003	26	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	Shot and killed	[32][33]
Mac Dre	November 1, 2004	34	Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.	Shot and killed	[34]
Blade Icewood	April 19, 2005	28	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.	Shot and killed	[35]
Proof	April 11, 2006	32	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.	Shot and killed	[36][37][38]
Big Hawk	May 1, 2006	36	Houston, Texas, U.S.	Shot and killed	[39]
VL Mike	April 20, 2008	32	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	Shot and killed	[40]
Dolla	May 18, 2009	21	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Shot and killed	[41][42][43]
Lele	July 1, 2010	23	Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico	Shot and killed	[44]
Magnolia Shorty	December 20, 2010	28	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	Shot and killed	[45]
Bad News Brown	February 11, 2011	33	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Murdered	[46]
Adán Zapata	June 1, 2012	21	San Nicolás, Nuevo León, Mexico	Shot and killed	[47]
Lil Phat	June 7, 2012	19	Sandy Springs, Georgia, U.S.	Shot and killed	[48]
MC Daleste	July 7, 2013	19	Paulínia, São Paulo, Brazil	Shot and killed	[49]
Pavlos Fyssas	September 18, 2013	34	Keratsini, Athens, Greece	Stabbed to death	[50]
Depzman	September 21, 2013	18	Birmingham, West Midlands, England	Stabbed to death	[51]
Doe B	December 28, 2013	22	Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.	Shot and killed	[52]
The Jacka	February 2, 2015	37	Oakland, California, U.S.	Shot and killed	[53]
Flabba	March 9, 2015	37	Alexandra, Gauteng, South Africa	Stabbed to death	[54]
Chinx Drugz	May 17, 2015	31	New York City, New York, U.S.	Shot and killed	[55]
Bankroll Fresh	March 4, 2016	28	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.	Shot and killed	[56]
3-2	November 10, 2016	44	Houston, Texas, U.S.	Shot and killed	[57]
XXXTentacion	June 18, 2018	20	Deerfield Beach, Florida, U.S.	Shot and killed	[58]
Jimmy Wopo	June 18, 2018	21	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Shot and killed	[59][60]
Young Greatness	October 29, 2018	34	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	Shot and killed	[61]
Feis	January 1, 2019	32	Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands	Shot and killed	[62]
Kevin Fret	January 10, 2019	25	Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico	Shot and killed	[63]
Nipsey Hussle	March 31, 2019	33	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Shot and killed	[64]
Pop Smoke	February 19, 2020	20	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Shot and killed	[65]

 

[footloose]

So every time someone dies we going to bring up Zimmerman?

No just everytime someone dies senselessly in Florida.

 

[exiledking]

Post all the dead rappers that died in the past 52 weeks to prove your point of known artist that have been killed

Ill be waiting for the list to prove your theory

I didn't know it was as high as 51%, I was half joking when I said it was every week. But that theme in that video is most rap videos. The term "haters" and "crabs in a barrel" come to mind. When you factor in how rap is treated like a hustle and an escape route for street dudes from around the mid 90s, I'd bet that's where the numbers start to increase. And let's not factor in the rappers who got shot but didn't die. That might be 90%. How many have been to jail? How many are drug dealers? How many are in gangs or affiliated, and use that as a selling point?

I just don't get how people keep playing confused about this shit. It's epidemic. I never heard of that study but I went to see it all. Metal artists kill themselves. That's obvious too

Music to die for: how genre affects popular musicians’ life expectancy

We all know the rock adage of “live fast, die young” but is membership of different music genres associated with different risks of early death and different causes of death? Surprisingly, yes …

theconversation.com

 

[exiledking]

So every time someone dies we going to bring up Zimmerman?

Exactly. It's a great deflection.

 

[footloose]

Exactly. It's a great deflection.

He only comes up when someone in Florida dies senselessly. He only came up cause someone brought up Florida in this thread

 

[REDLINE]

Well they have to have a name to a certain level to appear on a comprehensive list. Many die and no one knows who they are, but the paper still lusts them as rappers. So I'll give you that, I'm stretching it with that statement. But this list will show you that I ain't stretching it by much.

The following is a list of notable hip hop musicians who have been murdered.

A 2015 study concluded that murder was the cause of 51.5% of U.S. hip hop musician deaths.[1] The study noted that this figure refers primarily to premature deaths as most hip hop musicians have not yet lived long enough to fall into the highest-risk ages for heart- and liver-related illnesses.

Name	Date of death	Age at death	Location of death	Cause of death	Ref.
Scott La Rock	August 27, 1987	25	New York City, New York, U.S.	Shot and killed	[2]
Paul C	July 17, 1989	24	New York City, New York, U.S.	Shot and killed	[3]
D-Boy Rodriguez	October 6, 1990	22	Dallas, Texas, U.S.	Shot and killed	[4][5]
Charizma	December 16, 1993	20	Milpitas, California, U.S.	Shot and killed	[6][7]
Stretch	November 30, 1995	27	New York City, New York, U.S.	Shot and killed	[8]
Seagram	July 31, 1996	26	Oakland, California, U.S.	Shot and killed	[9][10]
Tupac Shakur	September 13, 1996	25	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	Shot and killed	[11][12][13]
Yaki Kadafi	November 10, 1996	19	Orange, New Jersey, U.S.	Shot and killed	[14]
The Notorious B.I.G.	March 9, 1997	25	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Shot and killed	[15][16][17]
Fat Pat	February 3, 1998	27	Houston, Texas, U.S.	Shot and killed	[18][19]
Big L	February 15, 1999	24	New York City, New York, U.S.	Shot and killed	[20][21][22]
Freaky Tah	March 28, 1999	27	New York City, New York, U.S.	Shot and killed	[23]
Bugz	May 21, 1999	21	Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.	Shot and run over	[24]
DJ Uncle Al	September 10, 2001	32	Miami, Florida, U.S.	Shot and killed	[25][26]
Jam Master Jay	October 30, 2002	37	New York City, New York, U.S.	Shot and killed	[27]
Sabotage	January 24, 2003	29	São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil	Shot and killed	[28][29]
Camoflauge	May 19, 2003	21	Savannah, Georgia, U.S.	Shot and killed	[30]
Half a Mill	October 24, 2003	30	New York City, New York, U.S.	Shot and killed	[31]
Soulja Slim	November 26, 2003	26	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	Shot and killed	[32][33]
Mac Dre	November 1, 2004	34	Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.	Shot and killed	[34]
Blade Icewood	April 19, 2005	28	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.	Shot and killed	[35]
Proof	April 11, 2006	32	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.	Shot and killed	[36][37][38]
Big Hawk	May 1, 2006	36	Houston, Texas, U.S.	Shot and killed	[39]
VL Mike	April 20, 2008	32	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	Shot and killed	[40]
Dolla	May 18, 2009	21	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Shot and killed	[41][42][43]
Lele	July 1, 2010	23	Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico	Shot and killed	[44]
Magnolia Shorty	December 20, 2010	28	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	Shot and killed	[45]
Bad News Brown	February 11, 2011	33	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Murdered	[46]
Adán Zapata	June 1, 2012	21	San Nicolás, Nuevo León, Mexico	Shot and killed	[47]
Lil Phat	June 7, 2012	19	Sandy Springs, Georgia, U.S.	Shot and killed	[48]
MC Daleste	July 7, 2013	19	Paulínia, São Paulo, Brazil	Shot and killed	[49]
Pavlos Fyssas	September 18, 2013	34	Keratsini, Athens, Greece	Stabbed to death	[50]
Depzman	September 21, 2013	18	Birmingham, West Midlands, England	Stabbed to death	[51]
Doe B	December 28, 2013	22	Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.	Shot and killed	[52]
The Jacka	February 2, 2015	37	Oakland, California, U.S.	Shot and killed	[53]
Flabba	March 9, 2015	37	Alexandra, Gauteng, South Africa	Stabbed to death	[54]
Chinx Drugz	May 17, 2015	31	New York City, New York, U.S.	Shot and killed	[55]
Bankroll Fresh	March 4, 2016	28	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.	Shot and killed	[56]
3-2	November 10, 2016	44	Houston, Texas, U.S.	Shot and killed	[57]
XXXTentacion	June 18, 2018	20	Deerfield Beach, Florida, U.S.	Shot and killed	[58]
Jimmy Wopo	June 18, 2018	21	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Shot and killed	[59][60]
Young Greatness	October 29, 2018	34	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	Shot and killed	[61]
Feis	January 1, 2019	32	Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands	Shot and killed	[62]
Kevin Fret	January 10, 2019	25	Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico	Shot and killed	[63]
Nipsey Hussle	March 31, 2019	33	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Shot and killed	[64]
Pop Smoke	February 19, 2020	20	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Shot and killed	[65]

I counted 25 that I've never heard of or that most likely weren't known outside of their region.

They're still technically "Rappers", but...

 

[dtownsfinest]

Probably because when they do it just to do it, people say “Don’t nobody wanna hear you preaching shit”?

Well that’s a problem. But whoever says that dumb and ignorant anyway so they can’t be saved.

 

[dtownsfinest]

So every time someone dies we going to bring up Zimmerman?

Yeah and It’s gonna keep happening until he gets addressed. I wouldn’t bring him up if everyone didn’t say what they was gonna do to him and he out here signing Skittles bags.

 

[tallblacknyc]

I counted 25 that I've never heard of or that most likely weren't known outside of their region.

They're still technically "Rappers", but...

33 yrs under 50 deaths... More doctors have been killed during that time... All I have to go into when people were getting killed working at abortion clinics

 

[exiledking]

Every time someone get shot or die from some drugs.....everyone wants to then give speeches and shit. Why do these dudes like 50 and Jeezy wait to do this when someone die? They want to benefit off that lifestyle and play righteous when it takes one of us.

Yup. Jeezy put money on Guccis LIFE, live on the radio. And his whole career is based on naming his albums after college courses and presenting himself as a "thug motivator". Now he's rich and it's all "c'mon y'all, there's more than enough money. Relax."

Glad to see him rise above it all

 

[Big Bang]

This discussion/argument over positive vs negative music promotion has been going on for a while, but I'd like to interject a concept I haven't yet heard mentioned: profit margin. Right or wrong, I know some subscribe to the conspiracy theory that big money, media producers and promoters consciously choose to push negative messages to undermine black culture. However, I believe it may have something to do with how much easier and cheaper trap music is to produce due to younger less savvy artist, fewer professional musicians, often only street backdrop videos, etc. If they spend less to sell as much or more, its a no-brainer which message they invest in more. I've never invested in music, but could this be a part of it?

You are getting closer to the answer. It is about profit margins...and risk. Traditionally, the record label takes all of the financial risk in producing and promoting an artist. When street cats entered the rap game, they came with their own money...and people liked the music and content. Your “conscious rappers” didn’t come to the label with bread...they came looking for money.

With hustlers, the label incurred less risk and when the music sold, they made more money as a result. The economics naturally dictated that those types of acts (especially if successful) would be more sought after.

I’m not discounting the conspiracy theories...which I can attest have some validity to them, but it is more about the economics. Same holds true for other genres as compared to rap. R&B and Rock are more expensive to produce and promote than rap. Now with the new technology and social media, the costs and risk analysis has sharply skewed who gets put on. There are no more real gate keepers. If you and your crew have bread, you can force a labels hand if you get your shit poppin...less risk to the label.

 

[exiledking]

I counted 25 that I've never heard of or that most likely weren't known outside of their region.

They're still technically "Rappers", but...

Now make yourself a list of the rappers you DO know, alive and dead. You can take out the ones you don't know. See if your list of total rappers alive can get to 3 times as many dead from shooting

 

[jasonblacc]

Yeah and It’s gonna keep happening until he gets addressed. I wouldn’t bring him up if everyone didn’t say what they was gonna do to him and he out here signing Skittles bags.

you do realize the people doing the killing aren’t freedom fighters, right? Most of those dudes don’t have morals or any type of code. They willmurder but will also tell in second. Can’t expect these dudes to hunt down Zimmerman.

 

[exiledking]

You are getting closer to the answer. It is about profit margins...and risk. Traditionally, the record label takes all of the financial risk in producing and promoting an artist. When street cats entered the rap game, they came with their own money...and people liked the music and content. Your “conscious rappers” didn’t come to the label with bread...they came looking for money.

With hustlers, the label incurred less risk and when the music sold, the made more money as a result. The economics naturally dictated that those types of acts (especially if successful) would be more sought after.

I’m not discounting the conspiracy theories...which I can attest have some validity to them, but it is more about the economics. Same holds true for other genres as compared to rap. R&B and Rock are more expensive to produce and promote than rap. Now with the new technology and social media, the costs and risk analysis has sharply skewed, who gets put on. There are no more real gate keepers. If you and your crew have bread, you can force a labels hand if you get your shit poppin...less risk to the label.

Bruh. You just said a word. I know they gonna be upset that their conspiracy theory is over

 

[exiledking]

you do realize the people doing the killing aren’t freedom fighters, right? Most of those dudes don’t have morals or any type of code. They willmurder but will also tell in second. Can’t expect these dudes to hunt down Zimmerman.

Wait. So you mean "the streets" don't have morals and principles? B-b-but they talk about it all the time!!

 

[PDQ21]

He only comes up when someone in Florida dies senselessly. He only came up cause someone brought up Florida in this thread

Go check the 1st page
It was brought up a few times

 

[Eli_Porter]

Bruh....

no link...

no info on what happend...

sucky thread of the day

Everything he said, plus....who is this nigga?

 

[Dr. Truth]

Literally any Black person who was born and raised in South LA is from a Crip set. There are tons of people who from the Crenshaw District which is the area where the Rolling 60s turf is. Don't mean they from the set.

Wrong, where you live at? You can’t be in Cali

 

[A to Dah K]

So every time someone dies we going to bring up Zimmerman?

Shit so annoying. They want him dead so bad but aint doing shit but bitching on the internet why someone else hasnt done it.

 

[TREES]

 

[The Plutonian]

I...don't get it. You coming into my home? My home. The place I know like the back of my hand? You came here to die, not me. Sorry to hear this about lil dude but damn, wtf man? You don't have alarms and shit? Or was he set up? Fucking reaper this year got a hard on or something. RIP