Pop Smoke’s voice is unforgettable — a deep, gravelly tone that carries both menace and charm. A pioneer of Brooklyn drill, he took a genre rooted in the streets and propelled it into the global ...

Pop Smoke's murder suspect, Corey Walker, has been sentenced for his role in the rapper's fatal 2020 shooting. Walker accepted a plea deal from prosecutors at a hearing two weeks ago, pleading guilty ...

Earlier this month, one of Pop Smoke’s alleged killers, Blockstar, did an interview with “No Jumper” in which he talked about the incident, and he appeared to have no regrets about what happened that ...

Plenty has been said about Bashar Jackson, the person—his family life, his teenage dreams of basketball stardom, his legal issues. A lot more has also been shared about Pop Smoke, rap icon: his ...

On Friday (June 21), Rolling Stone reported that Pop Smoke's alleged killer Corey Walker will receive a new trial date after plea deal negotiations fell apart. Jury selection was set to begin this ...

Fivio Foreign said he ain’t going for it when it comes to the rumors circulating about Pop Smoke and his older brother. Fivio Foreign is clearing the air regarding allegations that he attempted to ...

"There's no apology that amounts to the taking of someone's life," Corey Walker said in court on Friday, Feb. 21 Marina Watts is a Digital Writer, Music at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

Cory Walker, convicted in rapper Pop Smoke’s killing, was sentenced to 29 years in prison bringing the case to an end. One of the conspirators convicted in the killing of rapper Pop Smoke was ...

Biggie. Tupac. DMX. We pay tribute to 63 stars who died too young. By Danyel Smith Pop Smoke, Lil Durk, Fivio Foreign and more have taken the sound that emerged in Chicago in different directions.

The final man to be convicted in the 2020 killing of rapper Pop Smoke is expressing remorse for his role in the shooting death, for which he was sentenced to 29 years on Friday in Los Angeles. “Even ...