Pop Smoke’s alleged killer reflects on lenient sentence in controversial interview

In a recent interview with Adam22 on the No Jumper podcast, one of Pop Smoke's alleged killers, Blockstar, sparked significant controversy with his candid remarks about his involvement in the rapper's death. 

Fresh out of jail following a four-year sentence for his alleged role in the murder, Blockstar's interview has been criticized as insensitive and exploitative by many.

During the conversation, Blockstar openly discussed his views on the punishment he received, acknowledging that it may have been too lenient. 

"They right, I did get off too lightly," he said, reflecting on the public outcry over his sentence. "But, yeah, that's how it is in California."

His comments extended to his experiences in jail, where he served time as a juvenile. 

Blockstar described the harsh realities of incarceration, saying, "Jail is not nowhere a human being should be. Like, if you ain't never been and you talking on a situation, you just need to shut up. That s**t is hell. It ain't nothing, like, to be scared of. But it get like that, but it ain't nothing you should be scared of, but it's not nowhere you want to sit for years and months."

Blockstar also reflected on the crime itself, showing no remorse for his actions but expressing regret over the outcome. 

"I’m not sorry about nothing," he stated. "It should’ve never happened, but I ain’t sorry. If I could go back, I’ll go back. But I ain’t sorry. N***as die every day. [Pop Smoke] was rapping about it. All type of s**t. So, I ain’t sorry about it. I send my condolences to the family. I wish it never happened. But… I don’t regret nothing."

His words reveal a complex perspective shaped by his upbringing and the environment he grew up in. 

"Growing up, I just -– my people, my family told me, ‘You ain’t sorry for s**t,’" Blockstar continued. 

"Whatever you did, you did it for a reason and stand on it. It was a robbery. Nobody sent us. Nobody did none of that. That’s all false information. Nobody [was] intended to get hurt. Nobody… We was just kids being kids -– being kids from the hood. And [there was] too much movement… Movement from everybody. Too much s**t going on. Just too much s**t going on. It wasn’t intentional."