Pop Smoke’s success was sudden, and was far from guaranteed. Before late 2018, he’d never recorded music at all ... everyone was doing the Woo dance. It was pretty special.

Big Ocean, a three-member K-pop group composed entirely of artists with hearing disabilities, is redefining the limits of ...

Let us know at theplaylist@nytimes.com and sign up for our Louder newsletter, a once-a-week blast of our pop music coverage. “Faith,” the second posthumous album from Pop Smoke, includes ...

A year ago today, 20-year-old Pop Smoke – real name Bashar Barakah Jackson ... Sadly, the rapper died before seeing his music become the soundtrack to a social revolution.

Last summer, Pop Smoke’s music––guttural ... capable of cutting through the humidity and making swaths of people dance, or at least move their shoulders a little bit while they grimaced ...

Producer Rico Beats has responded to fans asking for more posthumous music from Pop Smoke, claiming that there isn’t any left. Rico Beats was Pop Smoke’s co-manager, alongside Steven Victor of ...

Steven Victor‘s Victor Victor Worldwide label had a very strong summer, dropping Pop Smoke‘s “For the Night ... to a cross-label role at Universal Music Group, which distributes VVW ...

Corey recalled that Pop Smoke sessions could often turn into celebrations, with a mix of friends from his Canarsie neighborhood and music industry types. “He came in on party time,” the ...

Nearly two years after the death of beloved NYC rapper Pop Smoke, fans of the artists are finally hearing details on the last words the drill rapper spoke before his death. In an episode of WE tv ...

How did the police respond to Pop Smoke’s death? Responding to a call from the East Coast saying that several people had entered their friend’s home, the LAPD arrived to find Pop Smoke with ...

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