Apple Magazine - USA - Issue 454 (2020-07-10)

Shoot for the Stars

Aim for the Moon

Pop Smoke

The recently deceased rapper and

songwriter Bashar Barakah Jackson,

known professionally as Pop Smoke, had

already established himself as a pioneer of

Brooklyn drill music before the release of

this, his debut studio album and his first

posthumous project.

FIVE FACTS:

1. Jackson was born in New York City’s
   Brooklyn borough on July 20, 1999.


2. He revealed that his artist name Pop
   Smoke was derived from “Poppa”, a nickname
   his Panamanian grandmother gave him,
   and “Smoke”, part of a nickname childhood
   friends gave him.


3. Jackson released two mixtapes: Meet the
   Woo in July 2019 and Meet the Woo 2 in
   February this year.


4. According to the artist’s friend and
   manager Steven Victor, who presided over
   those mixtapes’ releases, there would have
   been a Meet the Woo 3 if Pop Smoke hadn’t
   established a name for himself before then.


5. However, the artist’s flourishing reputation
   led him and the record label Victor Victor, of
   which Steven Victor is CEO, to shift straight to
   releasing a full-length album.

POP SMOKE - DIOR (Official Lyric Video)

Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap

Released: Jul 3, 2020

19 Songs

Price: $11.99

551 Ratings