def get_artist_info(sp, artist_uri):
    """Generate information about an artist

    Parameters
    ----------
    artist_uri : string
        a URI of an artist

    Returns
    -------
    dictionary
        a dictionary contains an artist's name, URI, current followers, genres, popularity score
    """
    artist_info = sp.artist(artist_uri)

    artist_dict = dict(
        artist_name=artist_info["name"],
        artist_uri=artist_uri,
        artist_followers=artist_info["followers"]["total"],
        artist_genres=artist_info["genres"],
        artist_pop=artist_info["popularity"],
    )
    return artist_dict