Rapper Pop Smoke's been laid to rest two weeks after his death. On Thursday afternoon, fans, friends and family of the rapper gathered in his hometown of Canarsie, Brooklyn to pay their respects to the star.
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In the wake of Pop Smoke's death this week, the rapper's friend and collaborator Lil Tjay unveiled a song in tribute to his memory on Friday (Feb. 21).
Titled "Forever Pop," the track finds Lil Tjay mourning and questioning the sudden loss of his fellow hip-hop up-and-comer, who was killed in a reported home invasion in Hollywood Hills on Thursday (Feb. 20).
Rapper Pop Smoke's been laid to rest two weeks after his death. On Thursday afternoon, fans, friends and family of the rapper gathered in his hometown of Canarsie, Brooklyn to pay their respects to the star.
Lil Baby unveiled his sophomore project, My Turn, last week, and now the rapper is providing a visual for one of the album's standout tracks.The Lil Wayne-assisted "Forever" details living the high life of drugs, money, girls and a squad of loyal friends.
50 Cent has vowed to complete and release the late Pop Smoke’s debut album.
Pop Smoke was killed last month
Lil Uzi Vert has shared a new track titled “That Way.” The song interpolates and seems to sample the Backstreet Boys hit “I Want It That Way.” Have a listen below.
Lil Uzi Vert has returned with a brand new single called “That Way.”
A sweaty good time: That’s no doubt what occurred every time Chuck Berry performed or when stars from Bruce Springsteen and Linda Ronstadt to The Beatles and Rolling Stones covered one of his timeless rock and roll songs.
Pop Smoke died on February 19, aged 20, following a "targeted shooting".
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Lil Tjay has released a new song paying tribute to his late friend and collaborator Pop Smoke. The track ends with a short speech from Pop Smoke. Hear “Forever Pop” below.
Following the news of Pop Smoke’s passing at the age of 20 on February 19, the music community has offered up plenty of tributes across social media. In one day since the Brooklyn MC was shot and killed, Lil Tjay took his tribute to the studio with “Forever Pop.”
With much of the hip-hop world in mourning, Drake paid respect to the late Pop Smoke. The 6 God took to his Instagram Story with a sobering message for the public on Wednesday (Feb.
Travis Scott chose to honor Pop Smoke's legacy after the rapper was killed at just 20 years old during a home invasion robbery in the Hollywood Hills earlier Wednesday morning (Feb. 19) by playing a snippet of one of the Brooklyn drill rapper's unreleased songs.The two collaborated on "Gatti" late last year on Scott's No.
Quick-rising rapper Pop Smoke -- born Bashar Jackson -- was reportedly murdered in a home invasion at a Hollywood Hills residence early Wednesday (Feb. 19). The Brooklyn native was on the fast track to stardom, as his Meet the Woo 2 project debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200 for the week dated Feb. 22.
Fans and artists are mourning the death of Pop Smoke.
Pop Smoke has died following a shooting at his home in Hollywood, TMZ reports. The publication, citing law enforcement sources, claims that "two men wearing hoodies and masks broke into a house... fired multiple shots, striking and critically wounding Pop Smoke." The men were then reportedly seen fleeing on foot. At the of writing no arrests have been made.