It's been over six years since Pop Smoke was fatally shot during a home invasion in Los Angeles. Now, his loved ones plan to honor his legacy with a brand-new business.
Last week, the late rapper's older brother Obasi Jackson announced on Instagram that their family is opening up a coffee shop. The coffee shop is called Pop's Place, and it's in the Canarsie section of Brooklyn, New York. They're currently searching for baristas who want "to be part of something special." Needless to say, fans can't wait to get a taste of what they have to offer.
"Omg congratulations!! 🍾 long live woo 💙," one Instagram commenter writes. "I seen the shop it looked beautiful😍," another claims. Someone else simply says, "Love this."
Ex-NYPD Chief Discusses Pop Smoke
News of the new coffee shop arrives just a few months after former New York Police Department chief John Chell appeared on The John Rondi Show. During his appearance, he revealed that authorities were building a case against Pop Smoke for his alleged gang ties and car theft before his tragic passing.
"The case I was personally involved in... 2019, 2020, Pop Smoke," he explained. "[He] lived in Canarsie, Brooklyn, he was down with the G-Stone Crips, I believe. Big crew... He's an up-and-coming star, and we were into that gang. He was part of it. But we didn't have much on Pop. What Pop did was, he had stole a Rolls-Royce from... I think it was L.A., and brought it back to Canarsie. We made an arrest then, we tried to leverage that."
"You might be running with the gang guys and they're your friends, I mean, for better or for worse," he continued. "But you got a lot more to lose. You got millions, you're a rising star. So as we were cultivating this whole gang case, I believe he got murdered in a home invasion in L.A. He had a very distinct sound, didn't he? Years after that, there was always a Pop Smoke Day in Canarsie. They would put a lot of cops there because a lot of gang members showed up."
