Universal Music Group (UMG) nearly scrapped the release of a Pop Smoke track due to a controversial verse from Pusha T that executives believed aimed at Drake. The revelation came from Steven Victor, ...

Plenty has been said about Bashar Jackson, the person—his family life, his teenage dreams of basketball stardom, his legal issues. A lot more has also been shared about Pop Smoke, rap icon: his ...

After Pop Smoke passed away, his team was working on finishing his first album, “Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon”. Even though the song had nothing to do with Drake or Pop Smoke, UMG told Victor ...

Pop Smoke, a Brooklyn, New York-raised rapper who rose to fame with hit songs like “Dior” and “Welcome to the Party,” was killed early Wednesday in Los Angeles, his record label said, in what police ...

Pop Smoke’s voice was more than music—it was movement. From the streets of Canarsie, Brooklyn to the top of the charts, he helped define a new era of New York drill and left an indelible mark on hip ...