Pop Smoke was emerging as a superstar when his life was cut short on Feb. 19, 2020. Though it was early in the game for him, the Brooklyn rapper left an imprint beyond his husky voice. The inviting ...

Bashar Barakah Jackson, better known as his stage name Pop Smoke, went from obscurity to national fame in a blink of an eye. A leader in the Brooklyn drill movement, he became widely known for his ...

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 06: Recording artist Pop Smoke (c) attends the Pop Smoke Listening Party at Villain on February 06, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage) The music ...

He was a once-in-a-generation talent, his impact on hip hop almost immediate, and the late Pop Smoke’s guttural bark was a unique, powerful thing. But earlier this week, before the MC has a chance to ...

In New York, a Black teenager’s relationship with the NYPD is tense. Have you ever had an NYPD officer throw you against the wall and aggressively pat you down in search of drugs you never had? Have ...

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 ...

Hear tracks by Xenia Rubinos, Swedish House Mafia, Soccer Mommy and others. By Jon Pareles Jon Caramanica Isabelia Herrera and Giovanni Russonello Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times ...

Did 50 Cent have any involvement in the Pop Smoke song that sampled his work? Sometimes, artists don’t really like it when someone else samples their work. For example, the Bee Gees took issue when ...

50 Cent, 44, is back at it with drama on Instagram, and this time it’s with the one and only DJ Clue, 45. The rapper — born Curtis Jackson — called out the New York City DJ for allegedly not playing ...

There was nothing about Pop Smoke that suggested fragility. The rapper, from Brooklyn’s Canarsie neighborhood, was at once larger than life—luxury cars, high fashion, glitzy jewelry—and too cool for ...