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 ...

Biggie. Tupac. DMX. We pay tribute to 63 stars who died too young. By Danyel Smith Pop Smoke, Lil Durk, Fivio Foreign and more have taken the sound that emerged in Chicago in different directions.

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 ...

50 Cent, who criticized Abloh's cover, shared a few alternatives created by fans to his IG account. The tides turned on Virgil when Pop Smoke's manager, Steven Victor, revealed the album's cover art ...

Media personality Adam22 defended his recent interview with someone involved in the murder of Pop Smoke, leaving social media users angry. The controversial media personality Adam22 publicly defended ...

The last of Pop Smoke’s killers has been sentenced. According to Rolling Stone, Corey Walker, the sole adult at the time of Pop Smoke’s murder, was sentenced to 29 years in prison for his role in the ...

Pop Smoke's murder suspect, Corey Walker, has been sentenced for his role in the rapper's fatal 2020 shooting. Walker accepted a plea deal from prosecutors at a hearing two weeks ago, pleading guilty ...

Earlier this month, one of Pop Smoke’s alleged killers, Blockstar, did an interview with “No Jumper” in which he talked about the incident, and he appeared to have no regrets about what happened that ...

Corey Walker, the only adult defendant charged in the 2020 murder of rapper Pop Smoke, just had his trial date postponed to early August after plea negotiations with prosecutors broke down. Originally ...

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UMG allegedly threatened to nix Pop Smoke’s posthumous debut album over their belief that a guest verse by Pusha T featured a Drake diss. Just after Pusha T dropped a bombshell claim that Def Jam ...

Cory Walker, convicted in rapper Pop Smoke’s killing, was sentenced to 29 years in prison bringing the case to an end. One of the conspirators convicted in the killing of rapper Pop Smoke was ...