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 ...

Pop Smoke‘s final interview before his death has surfaced to give fans one last moment of insights from the burgeoning star, courtesy of HipHopNMore on Instagram. Given to BBC Asian Network’s DJ ...

The music industry is mourning the loss of Brooklyn rapper Pop Smoke, who was killed in a home invasion in Beverly Hills. Pop Smoke was a rising new star in the industry and was likely going to be one ...

Pop Smoke helped shape Brooklyn’s drill scene, an emerging web of young artists who posit that New York can be just as interesting as an importer — and mutater — of other regional sounds. Photo: Scott ...

Celebrating the career of the late Pop Smoke. Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Fall 2020 issue of XXL Magazine, on stands soon. Just four Wednesdays later, on Feb. 19, Pop was ...

Buy a print copy of the NOW issue of The FADER here. On October 12, Rolling Loud — the self-identified “largest hip-hop festival in the world” — was scheduled to make a triumphant debut in rap mecca ...

Pop Smoke’s voice is unforgettable — a deep, gravelly tone that carries both menace and charm. A pioneer of Brooklyn drill, he took a genre rooted in the streets and propelled it into the global ...

From his long braids, dusky baritone and cocksure cackle to an all-around Brooklyn swagger that came through on every track, rapper Pop Smoke had the sort of pointed signatures that made him unique ...

Dua Lipa, Kanye West, Chris Brown and Pusha T are among the featured artists on a Frankenstein-ed but surprisingly substantial project. The posthumous album is, sadly, as much a part of the hip-hop ...