Universal Music Group (UMG) nearly scrapped the release of a Pop Smoke track due to a controversial verse from Pusha T that executives believed aimed at Drake. The revelation came from Steven Victor, ...

It's been five months since Pop Smoke's death and just over a year since "Welcome to the Party," the first single of his debut mixtape, Meet the Woo,began snaking through the firmament. Then it was ...

After Pop Smoke passed away, his team was working on finishing his first album, “Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon”. Even though the song had nothing to do with Drake or Pop Smoke, UMG told Victor ...

Pop Smoke’s voice was more than music—it was movement. From the streets of Canarsie, Brooklyn to the top of the charts, he helped define a new era of New York drill and left an indelible mark on hip ...