Picture him rolling.
Rising hip-hop star Pop Smoke was hauled before a federal judge in Brooklyn on Friday on a charge that he stole a black Rolls Royce used in a video shoot in Los Angeles and took it back home with him in Brooklyn.
The “Welcome to the Party” rapper, whose real name is Bashar Jackson, allegedly took photos of himself with the $375,000 luxury vehicle and posted them to his social media accounts as it was transported in November in a truck to his Brooklyn home.
A law enforcement source said that Pop Smoke convinced the owner of the Rolls Royce to borrow the car for the November video shoot with promises of VIP treatment and backstage passes to future shows.
But after the shoot wrapped, the tickets didn’t materialize — and the Rolls Royce had not been returned.
“The owner starts getting the runaround as to where the car is, where Pop Smoke is,” the source said. “Finally he reports the car stolen the next day to the LAPD.”
The pricey auto was eventually located on Dec. 3 in front of the Brooklyn residence that Pop Smoke shares with his parents, according to the source.
The rapper is charged with interstate transportation of a stolen motor vehicle.
Magistrate Judge Ramon Reyes Jr. let Pop Smoke — a name he took from a slang term that means “to leave” — walk free on a $250,000 bond secured with his mother’s house in Brooklyn.
Assistant US Attorney Gillian Kassner said the meaning behind the rapper’s moniker gave prosecutors a reason to be concerned that he might not return to court.
“The defendant uses six or more aliases — not to mention that the alias he most commonly uses actually refers to leaving,” she said.
The “Dior” crooner faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison if convicted.
Pop Smoke was billed to perform the Rolling Loud festival held in October at Citi Field.
But he and four other rappers were removed from the lineup after the NYPD informed festival organizers that those performers were associated with “recent acts of violence citywide,” Rolling Stone reports.