Pop Smoke’s manager, Steven Victor, announced that Pop Smoke’s posthumous album will be pushed back, due to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota and the protests around it.
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The album will arrive on July 3rd. In the meantime, we do get the arrival of a new Pop Smoke single, titled “Make It Rain.,” which comes with a surprise Rowdy Rebel feature. RIP Pop Smoke, free Rowdy and Bobby.
Listen to the track below:
Earlier this month, Pop Smoke‘s family and manager Steven Victor confirmed reports of new music from the late rapper, including his highly-anticipated debut album.
Today, the posthumous album gets an official release date for June 12.
The Brooklyn rapper was slated to the claim the summer season and carry on his reign of New York until his time was cut short during a fatal home invasion back in February.
Pop Smoke was beloved by his fans all over the world and the young rapper was just beginning to see his music career take off.
Less than a month before his death, he released his second mixtape Meet The Woo 2.
His manager was also in talks with Complex about an upcoming documentary to honor the late rapper’s life.
Pop Smoke’s name continues to carry the budding legacy he started and fans are excited to see what kind of music he was working on before he was murdered.
Lil Tjay has had quite an interesting last few weeks. More important than anything that he’s made headlines for, is his new EP, State of Emergency.
A standout track on the project is “Zoo York,” featuring the late Pop Smoke and Fivio Foreign. Tjay and Pop Smoke found success on their track “Mannequin” and other tracks as well.
Listen to “Zoo York” below:
50 Cent is executive producing Pop Smoke‘s posthumous album. The album is set to arrive this month, but not without some finishing touches and fitting features.
50 Cent spoke with Ebro Darden on his Beats 1 Radio show and Ebro asked about updates in relation to the Pop Smoke album. 50 said the album is still on schedule for release and is hoping to add some organic features to the project.
“I definitely want to get Roddy Ricch and few other people that I know would fit on these records organically. I’m going to send it to them and I’m going to say ‘play it. Listen, if you don’t feel this is it, don’t even touch it. Please send it back, delete, and just move on,” 50 said on the project.
It’s clear that he doesn’t want any forced material on this album. Pop Smoke was gunned down in mid-February during an armed burglary situation. While the loss of the young rapper is still something to mourn, there’s also the fact that his killer has yet to be caught, which doesn’t sit right with many people.
The late Brooklyn rapper’s legacy lives on in his newly released music video for Meet the Woo 2‘s hit “Shake The Room.”
Directed by Virgil Abloh, the posthumous video finds Pop Smoke and Quavo taking over the streets of Paris, partying with the locals and dining in high-end restaurants.
The Off-White designer posted several stills from the video revealing that he reached out for the collaboration earlier this year.
Rest in Peace Pop Smoke.
Watch the video for “Shake The Room” here.
A little over a week ago, news broke of the tragic murder of Brooklyn rapper Pop Smoke who was killed during a home invasion robbery in Hollywood Hills. Today his family breaks their silence with a statement regarding his death in which they thanked friends, fans, and loved ones for all their support.
“The family of Bashar ‘Pop Smoke’ Jackson would like to express our sincere gratitude to everyone for your support,” the Jackson family writes. “Every prayer, call, and act of kindness is deeply appreciated as we mourn the loss of our son, brother and friend. Brooklyn knew him as Bashar, He was educated and nurtured in Brooklyn and his rise to fame all developed from the place he proudly represented. Within the last year, his extraordinary gifts were revealed to the world: introducing Pop Smoke. Unfortunately there are no public details available regarding the murder of our loved one. We ask you to respect the responsible reporting during this crucial time. Thank you for respecting our family and the legacy of Bashar during this time.”
They went on to reflect upon the rapper’s short-lived career in which the world came to love Pop Smoke.
“Brooklyn knew him as Bashar. He was educated and nurtured in Brooklyn and his rise to fame all developed from the place he proudly represented. Within the last year, his extraordinary gifts were revealed to the world; introducing Pop Smoke.”
Bashar ‘Pop Smoke’ Jackson was only 20 years old at the time of his untimely death.
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