{"id":239641,"date":"2020-02-22T04:23:32","date_gmt":"2020-02-22T09:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/pop-smoke-worried-about-gang-members-days-before-his-murder"},"modified":"2020-02-22T04:23:44","modified_gmt":"2020-02-22T09:23:44","slug":"pop-smoke-worried-about-gang-members-days-before-his-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/pop-smoke-worried-about-gang-members-days-before-his-murder","title":{"rendered":"Pop Smoke Worried About  Gang Members Days Before His Murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-144618\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">    \t\t<!-- .entry-meta --><br \/>\n    \t<\/header>\n<p><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" readability=\"29.8520547945\">\n\t\t<!-- adman_adcode_beginning --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"56.9905109489\">\n<section id=\"cb-9c61efd243151501a2d228d7c77f706e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n       <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Entertainment Culture\" alt=\"Entertainment Culture\" class=\"img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Pop-Smoke-Worried-About-Gang-Members-Days-Before-His-Murder.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Exclusive<\/p>\n<p>                 <span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n         <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-b3efcd4aff2ace10b51f0a38911b5c80\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"33\">\n<p>As cops try to figure out who targeted <strong>Pop Smoke<\/strong> for death \u2026 we know the rapper shut down one of his own performances just days before his murder out of concern there were gang members in the audience.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-906daf2e9202d8dd27b8f0408adfcc87\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"39\">\n<p>Pop was scheduled to play the Kings Theatre in Brooklyn last Sunday night, but took to Instagram just before the show to cancel. Pop blamed it on cops, saying, \u201cUnfortunately NYPD wouldn\u2019t let me perform.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-7332d2b8ab9f7e8abf7808c7925eb4da\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"33.5467128028\">\n<p>Our law enforcement sources say it wasn\u2019t the NYPD that shut the show down \u2026 they say the decision was made by Pop himself. The rapper was out on bail in a federal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2020\/01\/17\/rapper-pop-smoke-arrested-transporting-stolen-car-california-new-york-rolls-royce-travis-scott\/\"><strong>car theft case<\/strong><\/a> and was ordered to stay away from gang members, so cops say canceling the show was really self-preservation.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-0d98755c4366bc4c323e3534cd75406c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"33\">\n<p>There\u2019s been a buzz in L.A. among Pop\u2019s circle that gang members might be behind his murder. The fact that Pop himself had concerns about gang members was something that has not escaped the attention of police.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-6c2a7569ed540d7a3996952968529a81\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n       <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"federal car theft case\" alt=\"federal car theft case\" class=\"img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1582363272_585_Pop-Smoke-Worried-About-Gang-Members-Days-Before-His-Murder.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-b66dc3fad1ee5e2405ea480d44bfdf91\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"31\">\n<p>TMZ broke the story \u2014 the feds busted Pop last month for allegedly transporting a stolen Rolls-Royce \u2014 and that\u2019s why he was on bail.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-c51aa55b26e9b19d4ab7870f4d34b017\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"29.2408376963\">\n<p>As we first reported \u2026 Pop Smoke\u2019s death appears to be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2020\/02\/20\/pop-smoke-murder-appeared-to-be-target-hit-not-robbery\/\"><strong>targeted hit<\/strong><\/a> based on accounts by those who saw surveillance footage from outside the Hollywood Hills home where he was gunned down.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-8f4f627af9ef2cb51f49d9f4c72fc41b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink \">\n<div class=\"gallery-block\">\n   <a id=\"gallery-link-01016fce-b408-466f-b77c-df7576d8afd0\" class=\"media-link gallery-block__link js-track-link js-click-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/photos\/2020\/02\/19\/pop-smoke-photos\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:gallery:01016fce-b408-466f-b77c-df7576d8afd0\" data-context=\"{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;gallery-block&quot;,&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;}\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:36990a93-a094-4a0a-9f08-3c46fe961583\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Hollywood Hills\" alt=\"Hollywood Hills\" class=\"img-fluid gallery-block__img-fluid img-aspect-4by3\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1582282182_225_Pop-Smoke039s-Family-Reeling-Immersing-Themselves-in-Murder-Investigation.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/><\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-b70b98543db67a354cd79a7d24bd5099\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-block-is-last \" readability=\"28.0714285714\">\n<p>Pop Smoke\u2019s family had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2020\/02\/21\/pop-smoke-family-reeling-death-involved-murder-investigation\/\"><strong>no clue<\/strong><\/a> if he had any enemies in L.A. The case remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2020\/02\/22\/pop-smoke-canceled-concert-days-before-death-gang-members\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- adman_adcode_after --><\/p>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\">Sharing is caring!<\/p>\n<p class=\"gasd_author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/about-me\" rel=\"author\" title=\"Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson\">Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\"><span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/category\/categorized\/news\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/span>\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .entry-footer --><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/pop-smoke-worried-about-gang-members-days-before-his-murder\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exclusive TMZ.com As cops try to figure out who targeted Pop Smoke for death \u2026 we know the rapper shut down one of his own [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-239641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239641\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}