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Pop Smoke's go-to-producer/manager Rico Beats says the late rapper wouldn't approve of most of the music that's been released posthumously.

A mural of late rapper Pop Smoke went viral for showing no resemblance to the "Welcome to the Party" star, whose real name was Bashar Jackson.

Pop Smoke's legacy continues to live on in many forms, including a new mural which has just been unveiled — although fans are a bit confused over its accuracy.

One of the four men charged in the murder of rapper Pop Smoke has pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and home invasion robbery.

Polo G has revealed Pop Smoke was supposed to be in the studio with him the night he was murdered in a home invasion in Los Angeles, California.

Gun violence is everywhere, all the time, and as unpredictable as it is predictable.

The recent shooting of Takeoff, a rapper, is another sad incident of gun crime in the U.S. But those blaming hip hop culture for contributing to gun violence ignore that rappers themselves are also victims. And the real point is that in today's America, nobody is safe from gun violence.

Gun violence is everywhere, all the time, and as unpredictable as it is predictable. We Americans should not be surprised that it happens here so often. But if we’re surprised, it’s only because we haven’t been paying attention.

The death of popular rapper Takeoff underscores a uniquely American problem – gun violence.

The woman who was with Pop Smoke during his murder has spoken out about the tragedy for the first time on an episode of WeTV's Hip Hop Homicides.