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