Pop Smoke wasn't the pioneer of the rising hip-hop sub-genre known as Brooklyn drill music, but he is definitely responsible for helping push the fledgling brand of rap music into the mainstream. A ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pop Smoke fans are bound to be disappointed if they expect any more music from the late New York rapper. Taken at just 20 years ...

Pop Smoke's producer, Rico Beats, recently claimed in a series of text messages that the late Brooklyn rapper wouldn't have "approved 99 percent" of the music that was released after his death. Over ...

Last week, Pop Smoke landed at No. 4 on our “8 Rappers Who Died Too Soon” list. Passing away at age 20, Pop Smoke had only put out two mixtapes prior to his death. Because of this, his debut ...

Last summer, there was no escaping “Welcome to the Party,” Pop Smoke’s breakout single. It was a terrific kind of claustrophobia. The beat is tense and ornery, and Pop Smoke, with a voice as soothing ...

Social media is buzzing after a Pop Smoke murder suspect appeared beaten in a viral clip, sparking speculation over the reason. One of the young men (if you want to call him that) charged in the ...

Pop Smoke’s manager Rico Beats recently suggested the rapper’s second posthumous album was on the way soon, and now the project’s release date has been announced. The follow-up to Shoot for the Stars, ...

Pop Smoke, the Canarsie-born rapper behind “Dior,” was tragically killed in Los Angeles in February 2020. He was a bright performer who was bringing a classic New York flavor back to hip-hop, while ...