He played the African drums in his local church as a child. Jackson attended nine different schools while growing up in Canarsie, Brooklyn. A year later, Republic Records released Pop Smoke's second studio album, Faith, on July 16, 2021.īashar Barakah Jackson was born on July 20, 1999, in Brooklyn, New York City, to a Jamaican mother, Audrey Jackson, and a Panamanian father, Greg Jackson. The album also spawned a string of international top-10 singles, including ' For the Night' (featuring DaBaby and Lil Baby) and ' What You Know Bout Love'. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and all 19 tracks from the album were charted on the Billboard Hot 100. New York rapper 50 Cent was the executive producer of his posthumous debut studio album, Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon, released on July 3, 2020. Twelve days after the mixtape's release, Pop Smoke was murdered during a home invasion in Los Angeles. His second mixtape, Meet the Woo 2, was released on February 7, 2020, and debuted at number seven on the Billboard 200, becoming the rapper's first top-10 project in the United States. He released his debut mixtape Meet the Woo in July 2019. Victor would later have Pop Smoke sign a recording contract with Victor Victor Worldwide and Republic Records. He often collaborated with UK drill artists and producers, who employed more minimal and aggressive instrumentation than American drill artists from Chicago, reintroducing the sound as Brooklyn drill.įollowing his rise to fame, record producer Rico Beats introduced Pop Smoke to Steven Victor in April 2019. He rose to fame with the release of his breakout singles ' Welcome to the Party' and ' Dior' in 2019. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York City, Pop Smoke began his musical career in late 2018 with his debut single 'MPR (Panic Part 3 Remix)'.

Bashar Barakah Jackson (J– February 19, 2020), known professionally as Pop Smoke, was an American rapper.

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