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Beenie Man performs onstage at the BET Awards at the
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Caribbean L 30 ife, APRIL 23-29, 2021
shared Pop Smoke’s vision of
bringing joy and happiness to
the children of Brooklyn.
In an Instagram post, Minister
Jackson said: “The foundation
is meant to inspire innercity
youth to do just what the
name states, ‘shoot for the
stars,’ and help urban youth
everywhere turn their pain into
champagne by making their
dreams a reality.”
Driven told Caribbean Life
that the mothers of fellow rappers
XXXtentacion and King
Von, Cleo Benard and Natasha
Chambers, respectively, support
Minister Jackson’s quest to
bring awareness to the cause.
“They came out earlier in
the week to participate in a
captivating event appropriately
deemed ‘Conversations from
the Couch,’” Driven said. “The
intimate affair concluded with
a ‘Meet and Greet’ hosted by
Pop Smoke’s mother at Brooklyn
Estates,” it said.
“She spoke about giving kids
an opportunity to be creative
and supporting their vision,” it
added.
“He made music not only for
the kids in his neighborhood
but around the world to inspire
them to dream big regardless of
their situation,” Minister Jackson
said.
Bashar Barakah Jackson (July
20, 1999 – Feb. 19, 2020), known
professionally as Pop Smoke,
was an American rapper, singer
and songwriter.
He was considered by many
to be the face of Brooklyn drill,
according to Wikipedia.
Born and raised in Canarsie,
Brooklyn, it said Pop Smoke
began his musical career in late
2018 upon releasing his debut
single titled “Mpr (Panic Part 3
Remix)”.
He often collaborated with
UK drill artists and producers,
who employed more minimal
and aggressive instrumentation
than drill artists from Chicago,
Wikipedia said.
It said Pop Smoke rose to
fame with the release of his
breakout single “Welcome to
the Party” in 2019.
Following his rise to fame,
Wikipedia said Rico Beats introduced
Pop Smoke to Steven Victor
in April 2019.
It said Victor would later have
Pop Smoke sign a recording contract
with Victor Victor Worldwide
and Republic Records.
He released his debut mixtape
Meet the Woo in July 2019. His
second mixtape, Meet the Woo
2, was released on Feb. 7, 2020,
and debuted at number seven on
the Billboard 200, becoming the
rapper’s first top-10 hit in the
United States, Wikipedia said.
But less than two weeks after
the release of the mixtape, it
said Pop Smoke was fatally shot
during a home invasion in Los
Angeles.
Wikipedia said 50 Cent executive
produced his posthumous
debut studio album, Shoot for
the Stars, Aim for the Moon,
which was released on Jul. 3,
2020, and debuted at number
one on the Billboard 200, with
all 19 tracks from the album
charting on the Billboard Hot
100.T
he album spawned a string
of international top-10 singles,
including “For the Night” and
“What You Know Bout Love”,
Wikipedia said.
On Pop Smoke’s birthday,
Minister Jackson said she will
be teaming up with Carnise
Day, “turning it into Pop Smoke
Weekend.”
Vincent and the Grenadines
every Wednesday for the next
month.
To date, the Lyttles said
GEM has already shipped more
than US$650,000 in aid.
“We need your help to multiply
these efforts tenfold,”
said Michael Capponi, GEM’s
founder. “Together, we are
Caribbean strong.”
“With more hands on
the effort, we will be able to
accomplish our coordinated
mission together,” said Dr.
James-Lyttle, director of the
Janice Lyttle Foundation,
named in honor of her husband’s
late mother.
She said that, to date, the
following relief supplies are
the highest priority for the
packaging of family necessity
kits: snacks and activity
toys for kids, toiletries/
sanitary/dignity kits, first
aid kits, medicine for pain
or indigestion, nebulizer/
asthma pumps, sleeping bags,
blankets pillows, mats, towels,
baby wipes/foods/diapers,
batteries/flashlights/solar lanterns,
sleeping bags, blankets
pillows and mats.
For other volcano relief drop
off locations, visit: https://link.
edgepilot.com/s/439ccf3e/
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Pop Smoke’s mother, Minister
Audrey Jackson. KP
Shotit
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in January with breaching the
Disaster Risk Management Act
(DRMA) at an alleged event
held on Nov. 29 in St. Elizabeth.
“The entertainer turned
himself in to the Black River
police in St. Elizabeth on New
Year’s Eve after a summons
was issued by the cops earlier
in the day,” CNW said.
“He initially pleaded not
guilty for the two charges: failure
‘to obtain permission from
the Superintendent, contrary
to the Noise Abatement Act’,
and ‘a breach of the curfew
contrary to the relevant Disaster
Relief Management Order,’”
it added.
In court on Monday, the
Crown dropped the charge
relating to the Noise Abatement
Act, said CNW, stating that the
DRMA carries fines ranging
from J$3,000 to J$500,000.
A J$10,000 fine is imposed
for failure to stay inside a place
of residence during a curfew,
CNW said.
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Kevin Lyttle gives acceptance
speech after he was
honored in October 2019, at
a St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Independence Gala
Luncheon, by the Brooklynbased
Vincentian Independent
National Charities, Inc.
(VINCI) at El Caribe Country
Club on Strickland Avenue in
Brooklyn. By Nelson A. King, fi le
Beenie Man pleads guilty ‘Shoot for the Stars Foundation’
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