Pop Smoke
16 Jul 2021
Pop Smoke's second posthumous album, Faith, has been released, four days before what would have been the rapper's 22nd birthday. The 20-track album which was through Victor Victor Worldwide and Republic Records on July 16, 2021 is the follow up to the rapper's commercially successful first posthumous studio album, Shoot for the Stars, Aim for…
25 Jun 2021
A second posthumous album from N.Y.C. drill rapper Pop Smoke is set for release on July 16. The yet-to-be-titled album, a follow-up to "Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon," is due to arrive July 16. The album was announced with a teaser featuring archival footage of Pop Smoke speaking about success, creativity, and…
20 Oct 2020
Pop Smoke's posthumous album Shoot For The Moon, Aim For The Stars swooped up the #1 position on the Billboard 200 upon its debut and, over three months later, it's back at the top. Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon debuted at No. 1 on the chart dated July 18, and then spent…
22 Sep 2020
American rapper Tay Way was shot dead in Richmond, California last week minutes after he shared his location on social media. Tay Way, 29, whose birth name is Lamonta Butcher was walking down a street in Richmond Friday noon when the shooter or shooters opened fired from a moving car, two other people were injured…
21 Jul 2020
Pop Smoke’s posthumous album, Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon, already logged a generous 19 tracks when it came out on July 3. Now, 15 more new Pop Smoke tracks are out on a deluxe version of the album, released on July 20, when the late rapper, born Bashar Jackson, would’ve turned 21.…
10 Jul 2020
Police believe that the killers of Pop Smoke were led to his home following his posts on social media after five people were arrested in connection with the death of the fast-rising rapper who was shot home-invasion robbery in February. Los Angeles police on Thursday announced on Twitter that "three adult males" and "two juvenile males", had…
22 Feb 2020
Earlier in the week, American rapper Pop Smoke was shot and killed in his Hollywood Hills home. The cause of death now revealed is that the rapper died of a gunshot wound to the torso, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office. The 20-year-old Brooklyn rapper, real name Bashar Barakah Jackson, was shot on…
19 Feb 2020
On Feb. 19, 2020, the life of Brooklyn-bred rapper Pop Smoke was cut short when he was murdered in his home in California. The rapper who came to limelight after the release of "Welcome to the Party" in 2019 was shot dead by unidentified men. Pop Smoke joins young talented rappers such as Mac Miller,…
19 Feb 2020
American rapper and songwriter Pop Smoke has tragically been shot and killed in what appears to be a home invasion robbery. He was 20 years old. According to TMZ, the rapper was at his home in the Hollywood Hills, California at 4:30am this morning (19 Feb) when two men wearing masks and hoodies broke into…
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