Person in history
Pop Smoke
Pop Smoke, American rapper and singer (died 2020)
Life at a glance
- Born
- 1999 · July 20
- Died
- 2020 · February 19Aged about 21
- Born
- 27th anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Bashar Barakah Jackson, known professionally as Pop Smoke, was an American rapper. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York City, he rose to fame with the release of his 2019 singles "Welcome to the Party" and "Dior". He frequently 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.
Why this date
Pop Smoke appears on our July 20 calendar for 1999 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 1999.
- September 9Singapore Portrait Series currency notes
- December 3Worcester, Massachusetts
- January 17Little Saigon, Orange County
- October 22Maurice Papon
- July 91999 Iranian student protests
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Read their story →Contemporaries — born the same year
- 1999Lloyd PopeDecember 1
- 1999Jaycee HornNovember 26
- 1999Rocky (singer)February 25
- 1999Gabi GonçalvesNovember 17
- 1999YoungBoy Never Broke AgainOctober 20
- 1999ChuuOctober 20
- 1999Tom Hartley (cricketer)May 3
- 1999Jerome FordSeptember 12
Sources
Cite this page
“Pop Smoke”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/pop-smoke, accessed October 29, 2026.
Cite the underlying source as well — the source links above go to the record this entry is adapted from.
Questions about Pop Smoke
When was Pop Smoke born?
July 20 1999.
When did Pop Smoke die?
February 19 2020, aged about 21.
How is age at death calculated?
From the birth and death years we hold. Where only years are known the figure can be a year out, so it is given as “about”.
Who else was born on July 20?
Ryan James (rugby league), Alycia Debnam-Carey, Philipp Reiter and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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