Pop Smoke Was Special, And the World Was Just Beginning to Realize It

When Pop Smoke released Meet the Woo Vol. 2 on February 7, the rising Brooklyn star was on track to becoming something greater.The second official release of his career debuted at No.

50 Cent took to Instagram to announce he wants to executive produce Pop Smoke’s first posthumous project. The announcement comes as the hip-hop world is still reeling from the loss of the 20-year-old Brooklyn drill rapper, who was tragically murdered in Los Angeles last month.

The process of compiling a posthumous album is one that labels and artists are becoming all too familiar with, with a rash of artists losing their lives at a young age. Mac Miller's Circles is one of 2020's finest albums while Lil Peep's legacy has been kept alive through a series of releases over the past two years.

50 Cent has vowed to complete and release the late Pop Smoke’s debut album.

Harry Styles is revealing which current pop song he wishes he’d written!

Jadakiss‘ fifth solo album, Ignatius, is officially dropping on March 6th, a week after the project had been originally slated for release. The MC sat down with Genius’ VP of Content Strategy Rob Markman to discuss why the new project was delayed on the latest episode of For The Record. During the conversation, Jadakiss revealed that the untimely death of rising Brooklyn drill star Pop Smoke made him reconsider his entire album release.

Pop Smoke's music is climbing the Official UK Charts following his death last week. 

The late Pop Smoke claims his first Billboard Hot 100 hit as the sole billed artist with “Dior,” which debuts at No. 49. The entrance stems from fans rallying around the rapper’s catalog in the wake of his death.“Dior” arrives largely thanks to a 12 million U.S. stream total in the week ending Feb. 20, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data, up 105% from the prior week. The haul thrusts “Dior” onto the R&B/Hip-Hop Streaming Songs chart at No. 22 and the all-genre Streaming Songs list at No. 31.

Pop Smoke died on February 19, aged 20, following a "targeted shooting".

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On February 19, Pop Smoke was shot and killed in a home invasion. The 20-year-old rapper was leading the Brooklyn drill scene into the mainstream, having just earned his first Top 10 entry on the Billboard 200 with his second mixtape, Meet the Woo 2. As fans mourned his death, they flocked to Genius to revisit the Canarsie, Brooklyn-raised MC’s lyrics, increasing his total pageviews by 782 percent.

On February 19, Pop Smoke was shot and killed in a home invasion. The 20-year-old rapper was leading the Brooklyn drill scene into the mainstream, having just earned his first Top 10 entry on the Billboard 200 with his second mixtape, Meet the Woo 2. As fans mourned his death, they flocked to Genius to revisit the Canarsie, Brooklyn-raised MC’s lyrics, increasing his total pageviews by 782 percent.

LOS ANGELES -- Pop Smoke, a rising Brooklyn rapper who had a breakout year of hit songs and albums that made some of the biggest names in hip-hop his fans and collaborators, was fatally shot during a break-in Wednesday at a Hollywood Hills home, his label said.

Streams of Pop Smoke’s catalog of songs leaped 392% on Feb. 19, the day it was revealed the rapper had been shot and killed in a home invasion in California, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. In all, Pop Smoke’s songs collected 24.7 million on-demand streams in

Welcome to the This Week in Billboard News podcast, where Jordyn Rolling, Billboard News host and producer, and Gary Trust, Billboard senior director of charts, dive into the week's biggest music news stories. This week, we cover the death of rapper Pop Smoke, was reportedly mu

Rapper Pop Smoke was shot and killed in a reported Los Angeles home invasion Wednesday morning. He died at the age of 20. Later that evening, the Canarsie native’s neighborhood gathered to commemorate his life and career, rapping and dancing to the songs that took him from those very streets to places near and far — both physically and sonically.

Rapper Pop Smoke was shot and killed in a reported Los Angeles home invasion Wednesday morning. He died at the age of 20. Later that evening, the Canarsie native’s neighborhood gathered to commemorate his life and career, rapping and dancing to the songs that took him from those very streets to places near and far — both physically and sonically.

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).