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A 15-year-old killed Pop Smoke — then got caught smuggling fentanyl into juvenile hall
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· August 14, 2026
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A young man serving time for the 2020 shooting of rapper Pop Smoke in the Hollywood Hills pleaded no contest to charges that accused him of smuggling fentanyl into juvenile hall.
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What is this story about? A young man serving time for the 2020 shooting of rapper Pop Smoke in the Hollywood Hills pleaded no contest to charges that accused him of smuggling fentanyl into juvenile hall.
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