The Second Coming of New York Gangsta Rap Died with Pop Smoke
By Lilac Burrell, Managing Editor Hearing Pop Smoke’s posthumous-debut album Shoot For the Stars, Aim for the Moon was bittersweet. Pop Smoke, born Bashar Barakah Jackson, was shot and killed in a home invasion robbery on February 19, 2020. While the Hip-hop community mourned a burgeoning talent, few acknowledged how Pop Smoke’s death was…