To be a fan of Pop Smoke, you have to open your ears and adjust your expectations of what rap sounds like in 2020. The 20-year-old was at the forefront of Brooklyn's drill rap movement, and his videos made us feel like a kid again
and struck up an important and endearing relationship with, the rapper clouded the air like black smog, groaning bars that clunk and shake the ground. He was intense and carefree at the same time — goofy, charismatic, and more entertaining than melody chasers and carbon-copy lyricists.Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson captivated a generation just by being himself, pushing for power in the cold Queens streets that he climbed out of.
Songs like “Wanksta,” “In Da Club,” and “Many Men,” put virtually anyone in his G-Unit shoes. Like me. I eagerly drank up the sound and aesthetic, in awe of his presence because of how far out he puffed his chest and yet could still walk straight. My room was a chapel dedicated to G-Unit. Two posters decorated the walls. A few form-fitting G-Unit tank tops littered the floors. I watched his videos where he stood centerstage with his eyes low, making sure that the rap world orbited around him.
That’s why it hurts so much to know that Pop Smoke was just getting started. Co-signs from everyone from
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