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Pop Smoke
Bashar Barakah Jackson, who was formally known as Pop Smoke was murdered on February 19th, 1999 in his California mansion by an unknown masked gunman. Right before his passing, there was a month-long international tour scheduled that was supposed to have 15+ shows.

Early Life
Pop Smoke grew up in Brooklyn, New York for most of his life.

He received a Basketball scholarship to a prep school in Philadelphia but had to quit because he discovered he had a heart murmur 6 months into playing

Musical Career
At the beginning of 2020, Pop Smoke's manager Steven Victor issued his album Meet The Whoo which featured artists such as A Boogie wit da Hoodie and Quavo Huncho. Most of the genre of music that Pop Smoke released was influenced by UK drill music. UK drill music inspired Pop Smoke because he wanted to pay homage to Charlie Sloth.

Pop Smoke's top song of all time is "Dior" where he raps about the luxury brand Christian Dior. He collaborated with JackBoys for the song "Gatti" which also featured singer/performer Travis Scott.