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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pop Smoke’s voice is unforgettable — a deep, gravelly tone that carries both menace and charm. A pioneer of Brooklyn drill, he ...

Universal Music Group (UMG) nearly scrapped the release of a Pop Smoke track due to a controversial verse from Pusha T that executives believed aimed at Drake. The revelation came from Steven Victor, ...

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 ...

The late rapper's mother and brother say they haven't been getting the support that many fans might think they have after Pop's death.

Pop Smoke is still making headlines. Earlier this month, one of the late rapper’s convicted killers—who goes by Blockstar—was released from jail and went on to appear on the No Jumper podcast to ...

The only adult defendant charged with the 2020 murder of rising rapper Pop Smoke appeared in a Los Angeles courtroom Friday and had his trial date pushed to early August after plea negotiations with ...