Pop Smoke‘s mother Audrey Jackson has addressed recent “disrespectful” comments made by one of her son’s alleged killers.
Sitting down with Hot 97’s TT Torez, Jackson was asked about King “Blockstar” Raskel’s admission that he is not remorseful for his role in the death of the 20-year-old rapper four years ago.
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She admitted that she had deliberately not watched the interview in question, saying: “I’m not tuned into that. It’s not a part of my world. I have people who will come and say, ‘Have you heard?’ They’ll hit me up and say, ‘Ma, you okay?’”
Jackson continued: “I felt a way when you just said he was being disrespectful because I’ve been told he’s been interviewing and being disrespectful. I gotta let that go because that’ll eat me up. I gotta’ let that go.
“The bottom line is, your life is over. His life Is finished. He’s living, but if that’s his approach to what he’s done, life is done for him.”
Earlier this month, Blockstar, fresh out of juvenile detention following a four-year sentence as he was just 15 at the time of the killing, appeared on No Jumper to discuss Pop Smoke’s murder.
“I’m not sorry about nothing,” he stated. “It should’ve never happened, but I ain’t sorry. If I could go back, I’d go back. But I ain’t sorry. People die every day. [Pop Smoke] was rapping about it. All types of stuff. So, I ain’t sorry about it.
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“I send my condolences to the family. I wish it never happened. But I don’t regret nothing. Growing up, my people, my family told me, ‘You ain’t sorry for nothing. Whatever you did, you did it for a reason and stand on it.’”
Blockstar later accused No Jumper of “exploiting” his name and story for their own benefit.
Late last month, Corey Walker — the only person charged as an adult for Pop Smoke’s murder — received a new trial date after he failed to agree a plea deal with prosecutors.
If no plea deal is agreed, jury selection for the trial will go ahead on August 6.
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Walker remains the sole person involved in the robbery and murder to have his fate decided by the justice system.
