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Pop Smoke’s Most Essential Songs You Need to Hear

Pop Smoke was emerging as a superstar when his life was cut short on Feb. 19, 2020. Though it was early in the game for him, the Brooklyn rapper left an imprint beyond his husky voice. The inviting ...
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Pop Smoke on Brooklyn Drill, New York Hip-Hop in Final Interview

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 ...
Complex

What It Was Like to Record with Pop Smoke

Wednesday, February 19, marks five years since Pop Smoke's tragic murder in Los Angeles. To honor his legacy, we decided to dig into the vault and pull out any Pop-related material. While reviewing ...
Rolling Stone

Pop Smoke, Dua Lipa, and the Art of the Posthumous Duet

Dua Lipa singing the words “You can’t say Pop without Smoke” was not on many 2021 bingo cards. Yet there it is on “Demeanor,” one of many posthumous collaborations on the slain Brooklyn rapper Pop ...