Warner Chappell Music has entered a global co-publishing agreement with the estate of Pop Smoke, the beloved Brooklyn rapper and face of the New York drill movement who was fatally shot in February at age 20.
The deal covers all work written by the late artist, including the breakthrough hit “Welcome to the Party” and his upcoming debut album, which was largely completed prior to his passing and will be released posthumously this summer by Steven Victor’s joint venture with Universal Music Group, Victor Victor Worldwide.
After achieving national acclaim in 2019 with “Welcome to the Party,” the artist born Bashar Barakah Jackson earned his first top 10 entry on the Billboard 200 albums chart in February with his mixtape Meet the Woo 2.
 His rise was cut tragically short just days after the mixtape’s release, when he was killed during a home invasion in Los Angeles on Feb. 19.
While his posthumous LP was originally set for a June 12 release, it has been pushed back to July 3 in light of the current Black Lives Matter protests across the country.
The first song off the project, “Make It Rain,” is out now.