June 19: Pop Smoke shot and killed On June 19th, 2020, rapper Bashar Barakah Jackson, musically known as Pop Smoke, was shot and killed at age 20. At that point in his career Jackson was already ...

A lot more has also been shared about Pop Smoke, rap icon: his fashion sense, his takeover of the hip-hop world, his lasting influence, even the minutiae of creating a debut album after his death. But ...

Pop Smoke went from recording his first songs to becoming the face of Brooklyn drill in record time. Just as he was breaking into global superstardom, tragedy struck and changed hip-hop forever. His ...