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 ...

It sounded like rupture. It sounded like chaos and disorder. It sounded like the earth opening up and swallowing you. This was the power of Pop Smoke’s music when it first hit mass consciousness ...

Some of the biggest rap albums of the year have come from young stars who died prematurely: Drug overdoses or shootings cut short the lives of Juice WRLD, Pop Smoke and Mac Miller. “We’ve lost so many ...

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 ...

When DJ and media personality Pvnch was approached with the opportunity to host Complex and Spotify’s new podcast series, Complex Subject: Pop Smoke, he knew it was a perfect fit. Not only did he have ...