Pop Smoke’s voice is unforgettable — a deep, gravelly tone that carries both menace and charm. A pioneer of Brooklyn drill, he took a genre rooted in the streets and propelled it into the global ...

It's been five months since Pop Smoke's death and just over a year since "Welcome to the Party," the first single of his debut mixtape, Meet the Woo,began snaking through the firmament. Then it was ...

Pop Smoke's murder suspect, Corey Walker, has accepted a plea deal from prosecutors, bringing an end to almost five years of prosecution, but the late rapper's mom remains heartbroken. The plea deal ...

February 2024 marked the 4-year anniversary of Pop Smoke’s (real name Bashar Barakah Jackson) death. The late “Dior” rapper’s tragic murder hit the rap community hard. Since then, Jackson’s family ...

Plenty has been said about Bashar Jackson, the person—his family life, his teenage dreams of basketball stardom, his legal issues. A lot more has also been shared about Pop Smoke, rap icon: his ...