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Pop Smoke’s Brother Obasi Jackson Gets Emotional As He Opens Up About His Passing

<p class&equals;"p1">On the latest episode of Taraji P&period; Henson&&num;8217&semi;s Facebook show &&num;8220&semi;<em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;fb&period;watch&sol;2Pjfy6zf5L&sol;">Peace of Mind<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma;&&num;8221&semi; she focused on grief after a sudden death&comma; and one of the guests that joined her was Pop Smoke&&num;8217&semi;s brother Obasi Jackson&period; As many of you know&comma; Pop Smoke&comma; unfortunately&comma; passed last February&comma; and his brother spoke out about how his passing affected him&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Obasi talked to Taraji and her friend&sol; co-star Tracie Jade and said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Me losing my own brother&&num;8230&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m going through so many things&period; I won&&num;8217&semi;t be able to hug my brother again&comma; tell him I love him again&comma; I won&&num;8217&semi;t be able to see him&&num;8230&semi;I won&&num;8217&semi;t be able to show him my accomplishments&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>During a sneak peek clip before the full episode aired&comma; Obasi also said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;There was a time he went through a situation&comma; that people were putting him down and counting him out&period; There was threats on his life because of that and people were trying to figure out where the threats were coming from&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He continued to state&comma;&&num;8221&semi; It&&num;8217&semi;s mind-boggling to me that someone would let a superstar go out with no security&comma; that still plays on my mind&period; Like that makes no sense&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><iframe style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi; overflow&colon; hidden&semi;" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;facebook&period;com&sol;plugins&sol;video&period;php&quest;height&equals;314&amp&semi;href&equals;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fwww&period;facebook&period;com&percnt;2Ftarajiphenson&percnt;2Fvideos&percnt;2F440793970258271&percnt;2F&amp&semi;show&lowbar;text&equals;false&amp&semi;width&equals;560" width&equals;"560" height&equals;"314" frameborder&equals;"0" scrolling&equals;"no" allowfullscreen&equals;"allowfullscreen"><&sol;iframe><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As many of you know&comma; Pop Smoke was tragically shot and killed last <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;pop-smoke-shot-and-killed-in-home-invasion&sol;">February<&sol;a><&sol;em> it what initially was reported as a home invasion while he was staying in Los Angeles&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>During the same episode&comma; Taraji and Tracie also sat down with Asian Doll as she talked about the recent passing of her ex-boyfriend King Von and how she has been trying to deal with that tragic loss&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Check out the episode below&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><iframe style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi; overflow&colon; hidden&semi;" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;facebook&period;com&sol;plugins&sol;video&period;php&quest;height&equals;314&amp&semi;href&equals;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fwww&period;facebook&period;com&percnt;2Ftarajiphenson&percnt;2Fvideos&percnt;2F143987450832223&percnt;2F&amp&semi;show&lowbar;text&equals;false&amp&semi;width&equals;560" width&equals;"560" height&equals;"314" frameborder&equals;"0" scrolling&equals;"no" allowfullscreen&equals;"allowfullscreen"><&sol;iframe><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Want updates directly in your text inbox&quest; 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