Are pop stars that light up making smoking cool again?

US pop star Sabrina Carpenter leans over a sink, a cigarette between her fingers, dressed in a corset made entirely of ...
The Source Magazine

UMG Almost Shelved Pop Smoke Album Over Pusha T Verse Believed To Be Aimed At Drake

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, ...
Uproxx

Pop Smoke’s Murder Trial Has Reportedly Been Delayed After Plea Negotiations With Final Defendant Fell Through

February 2024 marked the 4-year anniversary of Pop Smoke’s (real name Bashar Barakah Jackson) death. The late “Dior” rapper’s tragic murder hit the rap community hard. Since then, Jackson’s family ...
Complex

What It Was Like to Record with Pop Smoke

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 ...
Rolling Out

Pop Smoke murder suspect faces 29-year sentence

A significant development has emerged in the investigation of rapper Pop Smoke’s murder as Corey Walker enters a guilty plea to voluntary manslaughter. The admission comes nearly four years after the ...
The Source Magazine

Pop Smoke’s Mother Issues Statement Following Voluntary Manslaughter Conviction Of Her Son’s Killer

Fans of Pop Smoke received a measure of closure on February 5 when one of the four men responsible for the rapper’s death accepted a plea deal and was sentenced to 29 years in prison. Corey Walker, ...
The New York Times

Pop Smoke

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.