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Pop Smoke
Birth nameBashar Barakah Jackson[1]
Born(1999-07-20)July 20, 1999[2]
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
DiedFebruary 19, 2020(2020-02-19) (aged 20)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • songwriter
InstrumentVocals
Years active2018–2020
Labels

Bashar Barakah Jackson (July 20, 1999 – February 19, 2020),[4][2] known professionally as Pop Smoke, was an American rapper and songwriter. He was signed to Victor Victor Worldwide and Republic Records.[5][3] In April 2019, he released the song "Welcome to the Party",[6] the lead single of his debut mixtape Meet the Woo, which was released in July 2019. "Welcome to the Party" was made into two remixes featuring Nicki Minaj and Skepta in August 2019.[7]

In October 2019, he featured American rapper Lil Tjay on his single "War". In December 2019, he featured American rapper Calboy on his single "100k on a Coupe" and also collaborated with American rapper Travis Scott a few weeks later on the song "Gatti", from Scott and his Cactus Jack members' compilation album, JackBoys (2019).[8] "Gatti" became his first Billboard Hot 100 charting song, peaking at 69, a week after the release of JackBoys.[9] In February 2020, he released his second mixtape Meet the Woo 2, containing features from Quavo, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, Fivio Foreign, and Lil Tjay.

Biography and career

Bashar Barakah Jackson was born on July 20, 1999, in Brooklyn, New York, to a Jamaican mother and a Panamanian father.[10][11] He spent his childhood in the Canarsie section of Brooklyn. There, amongst other things, he started dealing drugs,at 16 years old he bought himself a BMW 5 Series, and spent two years on house arrest after catching a weapons charge.[12] He began his music career in 2018 while hanging around other recording artists during their studio sessions, initially remixing popular songs within the New York City drill music scene, before embarking on creating original music. In a Genius interview, he stated that his artist name of Pop Smoke is a combination of Poppa (a nickname given to him by his Panamanian grandmother) and Smoke (a nickname given to him by childhood friends).[13]

In April 2019, he released his breakout single, "Welcome to the Party", the lead single of his debut mixtape, Meet the Woo (2019).[14] The song was later remixed two times, one featuring Nicki Minaj and the other featuring Skepta in August 2019. The song was noted for its usage of UK drill production, later commonly seen throughout his discography. This was due to frequent collaborations with British drill producer 808Melo.[14][15] Other well-known songs of his include: "Mpr", "Flexin'" and "Dior". Following the rise to popularity of "Welcome to the Party", he collaborated with other popular artists on singles such as: "War" featuring Lil Tjay, "100k on a Coupe" featuring Calboy. In December 2019, he collaborated on "Gatti" with JackBoys and Travis Scott, which is the last track on the JackBoys (2019) album by Scott and his Cactus Jack members.[16]

In February 2020, Pop Smoke released his second mixtape Meet the Woo 2 with features from Quavo, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, Fivio Foreign and Lil Tjay.[17] In five days of its release, a deluxe edition was released with three new songs: "Wolves" featuring Nav, "Dior (Remix)" featuring Gunna, and "Like Me" featuring PnB Rock.[18]

On January 17, 2020 after returning from Paris, Pop Smoke was arrested by federal authorities at John F. Kennedy International Airport and charged with transporting a stolen vehicle across state lines. The vehicle was a Rolls-Royce Wraith, whose owner had reported it stolen after Smoke had reportedly borrowed it in California for a music video shoot on the condition it would be returned the next day. The car was recovered by authorities at Smoke's mother's house, in the Canarsie section of Brooklyn, and sported Alabama license plates and tinted windows. Smoke pleaded not guilty, and was released on $250,000 bail on the same day.[19]

Death

Pop Smoke died on February 19, 2020, after being shot twice during a home invasion in Hollywood Hills, California.[20][21] According to authorities, four hooded men entered the home at about 4:30 AM on Wednesday, February 19, 2020, one of them wearing a ski mask and carrying a handgun.[21] Police received news of the home invasion from someone calling from the East Coast. Police arrived at the home six minutes later and found Pop Smoke with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center,[22] where he was pronounced dead. On February 21, 2020, The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner revealed that the cause of Pop Smoke’s death was a gunshot wound to the torso. Four suspects fled the scene but have not been apprehended.[21]

Discography

Mixtapes

List of mixtapes, with selected details
Title Details Peak chart positions
US
[23] 		BEL
(FL)
[24] 		CAN
[25] 		FRA
[26] 		IRE
[27] 		NLD
[28] 		SWE
[29] 		SWI
[30] 		UK
[31]
Meet the Woo 173 158 — — — 52 59 — —
Meet the Woo 2
  • Released: February 7, 2020[33][34]
    February 12, 2020 (deluxe)[35]
  • Label: Victor Victor, Republic
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
 7
[36]		 21 8 70 41 14 43 43 16

Singles

As lead artist

List of charted songs, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
[9] 		US
R&B
/HH
[37] 		CAN
[38] 		IRE
[39] 		NZ
Hot
[40] 		SWI
[30] 		UK
[31]
"Welcome to the Party"[A]
(solo or featuring Nicki Minaj or Skepta) 		2019 —[B] 48 — — — — — Meet the Woo
"MPR"[42] — — — — — — — Non-album singles
"Flexin'"[43] — — — — — — —
"War"[44]
(featuring Lil Tjay) 		— — 100 — — — — Meet the Woo 2
"Fire in the Booth, Pt. 1"[C][45]
(with Charlie Sloth) 		— — — — — — —
"Drive the Boat"[46] — — — — — — — Non-album singles
"100k on a Coupe"[47]
(featuring Calboy) 		— — — — — — —
"Christopher Walking"[48] 2020 — — — — — — — Meet the Woo 2
"Dior"[49] 30 16 35 59 26 43 33 Meet the Woo and Meet the Woo 2
List of charted songs, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
NZ
Hot
[50]
"50k"[51]
(Trap Manny featuring Pop Smoke) 		2019 — Non-album singles
"Mary Jane"[52]
(Guido Dos Santos featuring Pop Smoke and Lil Tjay) 		—
"Slide (Remix)"[53]
(H.E.R. featuring Pop Smoke, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, and Chris Brown) 		2020 32
"Ordinary"
(PnB Rock featuring Pop Smoke) 		—

Other charted songs

List of charted songs, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
[9] 		CAN
[54] 		NZ
Hot
[55] 		UK
[31]
"Gatti"
(with JackBoys and Travis Scott) 		2019 69 61 — — JackBoys
"Shake the Room"
(featuring Quavo) 		2020 93 98 30 76 Meet the Woo 2

Guest appearance

Title Year Other artists Album
"Gatti"[56] 2019 JackBoys, Travis Scott JackBoys

Notes

  1. ^ Only the solo version appears on Meet the Woo.
  2. ^ "Welcome to the Party" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number five on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.[41]
  3. ^ Appears on Meet the Woo, Vol. 2 as "Armed N Dangerous (Charlie Sloth Freestyle)".

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  44. ^ "War (feat. Lil Tjay) - Single by Pop Smoke". October 4, 2019. Archived from the original on February 3, 2020. Retrieved February 3, 2020 – via Apple Music.
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  52. ^ "Mary Jane (feat. Pop Smoke and Lil Tjay) - Single by Guido Dos Santos". January 7, 2020. Archived from the original on February 3, 2020. Retrieved February 3, 2020 – via Apple Music.
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