Pop Smoke’s estate has released two posthumous albums since his death, but go-to-producer/manager Rico Beats says the late rapper wouldn’t approve of most of the music.
A fan’s DMs with Rico Beats went viral over the weekend where Pop’s manager claimed that the Brooklyn rapper wouldn’t have approved of “99 percent” of the music that’s arrived following his February 2020 death.
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“If pop was a live he would not approved of 99 percent of the stuff they put out,” Rico candidly answered a fan who was curious about potential new music.
The fan was disappointed to hear that there might not be any more songs left as Pop Smoke’s estate appeared to completely empty the vault, according to the “AP” producer.
“Who said he had music left,” Rico wrote. “What else ya want pop died 3 years ago how much music ya think he did in one year? Y’all gotta be real.”
The “Dior” rapper (real name Bashar Jackson) died on February 19, 2020 at the age of 20 after being rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center with multiple gunshot wounds, where he was pronounced dead a few hours later.
Pop Smoke was visiting Los Angeles at the time and posted a photo on Instagram of an Amiri gift bag, which inadvertently showed the address of the property he was renting on Hercules Drive.
Using that information, a group of teens wearing ski masks reportedly entered the rapper’s bedroom that night and confronted him in the shower.
Last month, a 20-year-old man pleaded guilty in juvenile court. The defendant — whose identity has not been made public — pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and home invasion robbery, becoming the first of four defendants charged in Pop Smoke’s death to admit wrongdoing in the fatal incident.
He was sentenced to four years and two months in the Secure Youth Treatment Facility in Los Angeles, but could remain in juvenile custody until he’s 25.
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Others charged in Pop Smoke’s death include Corey Walker, who was 19 at the time, along with a 15-year-old and 17-year-old.
On the music side, Pop’s estate hasn’t released an official single in 2023. His acclaimed Shoot For the Stars, Aim For the Moon debut album arrived in July 2020 via Republic Records/Victor Victor and was executive produced by 50 Cent.
A second posthumous album, Faith, arrived in July 2021 to much less fanfare with features from Chris Brown, Dua Lipa, Rick Ross, Quavo, Kodak Black, Kanye West, Pusha T and more.
