New Pop Smoke Album Release Date Announced

Pop Smoke’s manager Rico Beats suggested the rapper’s second posthumous album was on the way soon, and now the project’s release date has been confirmed.

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Pop Smoke’s manager Rico Beats recently suggested the rapper’s second posthumous album was on the way soon, and now the project’s release date has been announced.

The follow-up to Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon is due to arrive July 16.

Running 17 tracks, the new effort has been teased by the late rapper’s managers for a while. Steven Victor, another of Pop’s managers, once again confirmed the record was on the way earlier this month after initially teasing future material following the release of Shoot for the Stars last year. More recently, Rico said the album was “95 percent” finished, suggesting a formal announcement of the project was imminent.

A teaser for the album also dropped, featuring archival footage of Pop speaking about success, creativity, and making history:

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When Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon released in July 2020, less than six months after the 20-year-old’s death in February, it debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart. Every track on the original standard edition release charted on the Billboard Hot 100 and the album was later followed with a deluxe edition that added 15 more tracks. 

Aside from the forthcoming second posthumous album from Pop, the Brooklyn rapper also made an appearance on the F9 soundtrack alongside the likes of Polo G, Lil Durk, and Rico Nasty.

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