A Los Angeles judge has set a date for the trial of the murder of rapper Pop Smoke, born Bashar Barakah Jackson. Corey Walker is the only defendant charged as an adult, as he was 19 years old, and has ...

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The trial date for Corey Walker, the only defendant charged as an adult in the 2020 fatal shooting of Pop Smoke, has been set. According to Rolling Stone, his trial will begin on June 25 in Los ...

February 2024 marked the 4-year anniversary of Pop Smoke’s (real name Bashar Barakah Jackson) death. The late “Dior” rapper’s tragic murder hit the rap community hard. Since then, Jackson’s family ...

The only jury trial over the senseless slaying of Brooklyn rapper Pop Smoke is now set to begin June 25 in Los Angeles. A judge set the date for Corey Walker, the sole defendant charged as an adult in ...

On Friday (June 21), Rolling Stone reported that Pop Smoke's alleged killer Corey Walker will receive a new trial date after plea deal negotiations fell apart. Jury selection was set to begin this ...

Corey Walker, the only adult defendant charged in the 2020 murder of rapper Pop Smoke, just had his trial date postponed to early August after plea negotiations with prosecutors broke down. Originally ...

Over three years after the death of Pop Smoke, a trial date has been set for one of the four individuals involved in the rapper’s death. Corey Walker, who was 19 at the time of the murder, will begin ...