Doctors tried to save Pop Smoke<\/strong>\u2018s life by opening his chest after he was rushed to the hospital with multiple gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Pop Smoke\u2019s death certificate<\/strong><\/a>, obtained by TMZ, says doctors performed a thoracotomy on the left side of his chest \u2014 meaning they opened his chest, most likely attempting to remove bullets. As we first reported, he was hit multiple times when masked assailants broke into the Hollywood Hills home where he was staying.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Pop Smoke\u2019s cause of death was a gunshot wound to the torso<\/strong><\/a>, according to the document. It says the time between the shooting and his death was \u201crapid.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n The rapper \u2014 born Bashar Barakah Jackson<\/strong> \u2014 died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center at 5:12 AM.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n The document also reveals his body was transported back to his native Brooklyn. Pop Smoke\u2019s family held a private ceremony<\/strong><\/a> last weekend for close friends and family.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n His final burial is now scheduled for later this week. Pop Smoke was 20.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n