Pop Smoke’s death in February 2020 didn’t just shock the music world. According to a former NYPD police chief, it also froze a growing investigation that had quietly been building behind the scenes.

The Pop-Tarts mascots are gearing up for the inevitable. Several will be sacrificial lambs at their namesake college football game. “In 2023, Pop-Tarts changed the world of brand mascots forever when ...