Nah Corn Pop died many years ago at a ripe old age. Always thought it was funny that "a bad dude that ran a lot of bad boys" lived a life pretty much like anyone else and did not die young like bad dudes who run bad boys do. I'm pretty sure Corn Pop was just a black kid who was acting up and Joe didn't like black people talking back to him. He was only there so it would look good on his resume and hide the fact that he was in league with big time racists.