Overview
- Chell said he was personally involved in an NYPD investigation that monitored Brooklyn crews he linked to the rapper, including the G-Stone Crips.
- He claimed the probe gained traction after Pop Smoke allegedly transported a stolen Rolls-Royce Wraith from Los Angeles to New York.
- According to Chell, arrests connected to that car case were used in an effort to apply leverage while investigators built a larger case.
- He said the effort stalled when Pop Smoke was killed in a Los Angeles home invasion in February 2020.
- Separate coverage noted a widely shared image of an alleged participant in the killing wearing Pop Smoke merchandise, drawing renewed online attention.