Late rapper Pop Smoke’s viral mural has fans confused: ‘Who that?’

Whose man is this?

A mural of late rapper Pop Smoke went viral for showing no resemblance to the “Welcome to the Party” star, whose real name was Bashar Jackson.

The 20-year-old New York-born rapper died Feb. 20, 2020, after four masked men raided his Hollywood Hills, California, rental mansion and fired gunshots in a robbery gone wrong.

DailyLoud on Twitter posted the mural April 17 but did not disclose its location or the artist who created the tribute gone wrong.

However, it’s a different mural from the art dedicated to Pop Smoke in his neighborhood of Canarsie, Brooklyn, which was unveiled in July 2020.

Regardless, Pop Smoke fans flooded Twitter with questions and concerns about the artwork.

One confused person asked, “Who that?”

“That Pop Smoke mural is foul. Y’all don’t make people show their credentials before you let them paint an entire building WALL?” tweeted another fan.

Rapper Pop Smoke died at 20, after men raided his rental home.
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Some took cracks at the artwork, joking “That’s Pop Fog,” “That looks like Rock Smoke” and “That’s Soda Smoke, that ain’t Pop!”

One user tried to find the positive in the mural, tweeting, “It’s the thought that counts, right?”

The mural comes about after one of the suspects in Pop Smoke’s murder case, an unnamed 20-year-old, was sentenced to four years and two months in the Secure Youth Treatment Facility in Los Angeles, reported Insider.


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The suspects allege they intended to rob the rapper, but things escalated.
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The suspect pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and home invasion robbery in juvenile court April 6, admitting he entered the home as a teenager to rob the rapper, according to LA Times.

Three other suspects were charged in the death of Jackson as well, the juvenile defendants, 15 and 17 at the time of the murder, and Corey Walker, who was 19.

The tribute gone wrong is not the first time artwork with good intentions turned out badly.


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Hattas Public Murals created a Pop Smoke mural at 8125 Flatlands Ave, Brooklyn.
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A mural plastered on the side of a Gowanus building attempted to celebrate the South Brooklyn neighborhood — but opening the garage door reveals an unfortunate mistake.

The name “Gowanus” stretches in white letters across the music studio with the “W” placed on a garage door — leaving the mural to read “Go Anus” when the door is opened.



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