Bashar Barakah Jackson, known professionally as Pop Smoke, was an American rapper.
23 Facts About Pop Smoke
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Pop Smoke rose to fame with the release of his breakout singles "Welcome to the Party" and "Dior" in 2019.
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Pop Smoke often collaborated with UK drill artists and producers, who employed more minimal and aggressive instrumentation than American drill artists from Chicago, reintroducing the sound as Brooklyn drill.
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Pop Smoke released his debut mixtape Meet the Woo in July 2019.
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Twelve days after the mixtape's release, Pop Smoke was murdered during a home invasion in Los Angeles.
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Pop Smoke played the African drums in his local church as a child.
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Pop Smoke spent two years on house arrest after being charged with possessing a weapon.
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Pop Smoke relocated to Philadelphia to enroll in Rocktop Academy.
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Pop Smoke was later forced to leave after being diagnosed with a heart murmur, and Jackson eventually turned to street life.
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Pop Smoke first attempted rapping during a 2018 visit to a Brooklyn recording studio with Jay Gwuapo.
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Pop Smoke had wanted to take his mother to an awards show prompting 50 Cent to promise to take her to one when the album was complete.
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Pop Smoke was cast as Monk in a minor role for Boogie.
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Pop Smoke posted a photo of himself in front of the stolen car on Instagram and Facebook.
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Pop Smoke was charged with grand theft auto, posted a $250,000 bond, and agreed to stay away from known gang members and submit drug tests to the US pretrial services.
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Pop Smoke was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where doctors performed a thoracotomy on the left side of his chest.
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Pop Smoke's casket was pulled in a horse-drawn carriage and was surrounded by glass windows and white curtains.
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Danny Schwartz wrote in The Ringer that "Pop Smoke conquered New York rap and gave the city the kind of readymade and potentially defining star it hadn't seen in years".
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The executive producer of his posthumous album, 50 Cent, revealed Smoke was always "writing what [50] said down" on his telephone, while Quavo added he "felt like [he] was talking to somebody that had been in the game for three years already".
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Pop Smoke later added more UK tour dates after high demand from fans.
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The tour was canceled after Pop Smoke was shot and killed.
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Pop Smoke shared a promotional flyer for the tour on social media.
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Pop Smoke has a lot of music coming out with a lot of artists.
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The Meet the Woo Tour was later canceled after Pop Smoke was killed on February 19,2020.