Rapper Pop Smoke was tragically murdered a few months ago and details of the last few weeks to months are now coming out.
One detail that is making its way around is his legal issues. According to the Baller Alert the NYPD tried to get him to snitch on crip gang members before he was murdered.
The first time they tried to get info was after he was arrested in December 2019 when he was questioned about a shooting that happened earlier in the year even though he was arrested for having a stolen Rolls Royce.
Police also tried to get information about 823 Crips, GS9, and other Brooklyn street gangs, but according to his lawyer Peter Frankel, he refused to cooperate with police.
“Any conversation with Pop about cooperation was a very short one. It’s something he would never entertain doing,” Frankel said of his client.
When he refused to cooperate, a federal charge of interstate transportation was added to the six-state charges he was facing in January; likely an attempt to pressure Pop into cooperating, Frankel said.
“It’s not uncommon for the federal government to become involved in an investigation when they believe that doing so will help them in a way a state court prosecution may not be able to do,” he said.
Pop was then arrested by the FBI at JFK Airport and was again asked about the 823 Crips and another shooting on January 4. He was released on a $250,000 bond, agreed to stay away from known gang members, and to submit to drug tests to US pretrial services as part of his conditions, the Post reports.
The legal issues apparently caused him to lose money because he had to cancel a couple of performances but he was never a person of interest.
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