One of many culprits in Pop Smoke’s 2020 homicide mentioned the deadly capturing in an interview revealed on July 4. Blockstar, who was a juvenile on the time of the homicide, stated he was not sorry for his function in Pop Smoke’s demise.
“I’m not sorry about nothing,” Blockstar declared. “It ought to’ve by no means occurred, however I ain’t sorry. If I might return, I’ll return. However I ain’t sorry. N##### die every single day. [Pop Smoke] was rapping about it. All sort of s###. So, I ain’t sorry about it. I ship my condolences to the household. I want it by no means occurred. However … I don’t remorse nothing.”
He added, “Rising up, I simply—my folks, my household instructed me, ‘You ain’t sorry for s###.’ No matter you probably did, you probably did it for a motive and stand on it.’”
Blockstar was one among 4 folks charged in Pop Smoke’s homicide. Three of the defendants have been minors when the deadly incident occurred. They settled their circumstances and have been sentenced as juveniles. Corey Walker, the one defendant charged as an grownup, awaits trial.
Pop Smoke was shot and killed throughout a theft at a Hollywood Hills mansion. Blockstar refused to disclose if he or one other defendant was the shooter. He insisted the homicide wasn’t a setup.
“It was a theft,” Blockstar stated. “No one despatched us. No one did none of that. That’s all false data.”
Blockstar claimed he and his co-defendants had no intentions of killing Pop Smoke. Blockstar admitted he didn’t assume anyone can be residence after they focused the mansion.
“No one [was] supposed to get damage,” he stated. “No one … We was simply children being children—being children from the hood. And [there was] an excessive amount of motion … Motion from everyone. An excessive amount of s### occurring. Simply an excessive amount of s### occurring. It wasn’t intentional.”
Blockstar solely served a number of years in jail. He believed his sentence was too mild however didn’t counsel a extra acceptable punishment.