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Remembering Pop Smoke On His Posthumous Debut Album Release Day · The Breakfast Club

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  Speaker 1: Today's Friday, July the third, twenty twenty, and the world
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  Speaker 1: was just blessed with Pop Smoke's amazing new album, Shoot
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  Speaker 1: for the Stars, Aimed for the Moon. What You're about
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  Speaker 1: to hear next is a collection of words, moments, memories
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  Speaker 1: shared by those who loved pop Smoke, some who admired
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  Speaker 1: him or were inspired by Pop Smoke's energy, his music,
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  Speaker 1: his life. All words spoken here are from people who
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  Speaker 1: were lucky enough to have been blessed with a pop
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  Speaker 1: Smoke memory that they can cherish forever. But first let's
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  Speaker 1: share those with the world. Mercy, Oh my soul, don't
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  Speaker 1: let my heart turko hand Mercy, Mercy, oh my soul,
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  Speaker 1: don't let my turkles. I don't look to the scum,
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  Speaker 1: don't crank that ball, you turn that way. I used.
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  Speaker 1: Everyone is showing love the Pope at Miss Angela year
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  Speaker 1: and I just want to talk about my memory a
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  Speaker 1: pop Smoke. I first met Pop Smoke and Angie Martinez
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  Speaker 1: his barbecue and he was super deep like he came
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  Speaker 1: and he rocked the crowd. I just remember everyone going
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  Speaker 1: crazy for him. You know, I'm from Brooklyn, so I
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  Speaker 1: love when I see artists from Brooklyn that are doing
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  Speaker 1: big things that I feel like are blowing up. And
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  Speaker 1: clearly a lot of people had affinity toward him, and
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  Speaker 1: I could see why. He had a really magnetic personality,
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  Speaker 1: you know. Shout out to Pop Smoke And I'm glad
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  Speaker 1: that his memory is living on and that he's being celebrated.
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  Speaker 1: What's up, New York City? Is the kid fifty cent
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  Speaker 1: checking in on Power one on five one as we
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  Speaker 1: celebrate the life a new album or Pop Smoke keep
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  Speaker 1: it locked? Yeah, Man, world famous DJ Clue to the
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  Speaker 1: Storm Resting Pizza, my guy Pop Smoke. Man. He was
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  Speaker 1: a great spirit man, full of energy, you know what
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  Speaker 1: I mean. He was a vibe that that can't be duplicated. Man,
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  Speaker 1: And I'm definitely missing him right now. And of course,
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  Speaker 1: you know I'm saying he was paying me and just
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  Speaker 1: like me, that holds a whole different weight. We kind
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  Speaker 1: of bonded instantly, man, so we kept in touch. Man.
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  Speaker 1: He always faced Timmy from the studio, you know me.
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  Speaker 1: Every time he did a fire record, he would facetimey
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  Speaker 1: and playing for me. Man. So that's kind of my
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  Speaker 1: little brother and away man. So Man, definitely rest in
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  Speaker 1: peace to Pops Moove Man. Condozs to the family. Of course,
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  Speaker 1: there's new mus about to be epic trust none of ours.
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  Speaker 1: Man's filul for him and I'm checking in on pot
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  Speaker 1: one on file. We celebrate the life and a new album,
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  Speaker 1: My gang, my god, pop smoke all day. Like that's family,
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  Speaker 1: that's game. Got all the same friends, all the same enemies.
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  Speaker 1: Keep it locked. What up y'all? A's DJ Envy and
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  Speaker 1: you know, rest in peace Pop Smoke. I remember the
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  Speaker 1: first time I met him in a club in New
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  Speaker 1: York City, and I remember him mob and out Mad
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  Speaker 1: Deep Yead one of the biggest records he he had
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  Speaker 1: New York with a new sound, and he was just
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  Speaker 1: so humble. Man. He was just a good dude, even
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  Speaker 1: though he was popping in the city. He was just
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  Speaker 1: so humble, so laid back and just just wanted to
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  Speaker 1: know game and just wanted to be successful. So let's
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  Speaker 1: celebrate his new album, which is just a dope album.
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  Speaker 1: Congratulations to him, his family and his team. This album
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  Speaker 1: is one of the ones I know he would be
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  Speaker 1: proud of and his fans should be proud. Rest in Peace,
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  Speaker 1: Pop Smoke, New York. What up it should boy? Jake
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  Speaker 1: Guappo checking in on Power one or five point one
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  Speaker 1: as we celebrate the life and new album of my
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  Speaker 1: brother Pop Smoke Yes, Sir, the sathyash Boy DJ Stinking,
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  Speaker 1: being on and checking. I had a lot of memories
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  Speaker 1: of Pop. Me and Pop were very close. A week
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  Speaker 1: and a half before he passed, we were in Miami
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  Speaker 1: together and he reached out and he was like, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: where you club? You out what you're doing? I says, crazy,
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  Speaker 1: I gotta do this iHeartRadio event with fifty cents before
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  Speaker 1: we go to the club, think you bro, I just
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  Speaker 1: my dreaming just to perform with him. Cannot pull up,
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  Speaker 1: So I actually was like, yeah, cool, don't pull up.
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  Speaker 1: So he pulled up, and I give him a lot
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  Speaker 1: of credit because Pop got there after Tidy already performed,
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  Speaker 1: and when Pop got there, Fifty went back on stage.
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  Speaker 1: He brought Pop back out and Pop performed with him,
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  Speaker 1: now the first time they performed side by side. When
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  Speaker 1: Pop out of stage, he pulled me to the side
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  Speaker 1: of you Bro. Thank you because that was one of
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  Speaker 1: my dreams to just perform alongside him. And it's too
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  Speaker 1: sad and too shruble. Right after a week half Pay
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  Speaker 1: passed away. But after that we went to the club
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  Speaker 1: in Miami going crazy Pop PERFORMA fifty again on stage.
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  Speaker 1: So twice in one night they went to the Strip
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  Speaker 1: club performed again, and so it was really just a
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  Speaker 1: dope hom with the seeing perform along his favorite artist
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  Speaker 1: and to see the reaction from the people to his music.
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  Speaker 1: You know, Pop, we love you, we miss you. The
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  Speaker 1: album was out to me, should go get that? J
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  Speaker 1: Spinking signed out Popaly love you boy. Hey Suthing, New
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  Speaker 1: York gets your boy. Little Tita checking in live on
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  Speaker 1: Power one on five point one as we celebrate the
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  Speaker 1: life of new album Pop Smoke All day. What's up guys,
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  Speaker 1: as Andrew Martina has definitely want to salute Pop Smoke
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  Speaker 1: and the one thing I could say, and you've probably
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  Speaker 1: all heard this about him, but sometimes if you hear
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  Speaker 1: from a lot of people, you gotta know it's true. Right.
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  Speaker 1: The thing about Pop to me, even from the first
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  Speaker 1: time I met him and when he showed up at
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  Speaker 1: my barbecue and perform and said hello to everybody and
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  Speaker 1: smiled at everyone and killed the show. It's just his
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  Speaker 1: energy was so infectious that as soon as you were
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  Speaker 1: around him, you wanted to know more about him and
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  Speaker 1: made you want to be around him. He just had
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  Speaker 1: that real special quality about him. When he showed up
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  Speaker 1: to do my radio show. You know, he showed up
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  Speaker 1: with flowers and cookies and played me new music and
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  Speaker 1: was jumping on the table like you couldn't have helped
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  Speaker 1: but to want more Pop Smoke. And I think we
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  Speaker 1: forever will feel that way. And I'm honored to have
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  Speaker 1: had the opportunity to spend a little time with him
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  Speaker 1: and interview him, and I'm certain that his energy will
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  Speaker 1: live on forever. Stick windham Gard DJ self. I first
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  Speaker 1: got wind of Pop Smoke through some Brooklyn DJ's that's
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  Speaker 1: cool with me, and it was like, Yo, I'm telling you,
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  Speaker 1: welcome to the party. This is that joint. And I
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  Speaker 1: had a chance to talk to Pop Smoke early in
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  Speaker 1: his career. It was just amazing how the work ethic
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  Speaker 1: that this young kid had, and he was just always
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  Speaker 1: happy and excited to you know, start rapping, and he
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  Speaker 1: was super excited to speak to me like it's oh,
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  Speaker 1: you're gonna play myself on the radio. Oh my god.
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  Speaker 1: He was so super happy. And I used to see
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  Speaker 1: him in clue. I argue over basketball all the time,
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  Speaker 1: who was the better bestman? Player. I know, Clue got
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  Speaker 1: upset and Pop Smoke was so happy that I said, Yo,
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  Speaker 1: you know, if if I had to put the bet,
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  Speaker 1: I'm putting the bet on the young legs, which was
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  Speaker 1: Pop Smoke all right, one time for Flossy Brooklyn, New
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  Speaker 1: York City, Hip pop community, Pop Smoke rested Peach some
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  Speaker 1: New York and Stephen Vick that checking in a power
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  Speaker 1: one or five as we celebrate the life in the
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  Speaker 1: new album of Pop Smoke all Day, shoot for the
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  Speaker 1: Stars and for the mood. Joe Craik a fall turn
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  Speaker 1: that way, Yo, what Baby's DJ Suswan the feature presentation. Now,
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  Speaker 1: let me tell you about pop Smoke real quick. I
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  Speaker 1: never got a chance to meet the brother face to face,
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  Speaker 1: but let me tell you something about pop Smoke. He
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  Speaker 1: was carrying New York City on his back, and he
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  Speaker 1: didn't even reach his potential yet. And I mean he
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  Speaker 1: had a unique voice, a unique style, and in my opinion,
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  Speaker 1: every star has to be unique in their own right,
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  Speaker 1: and he sounded very unique. Man. Everybody around him told
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  Speaker 1: me that he was a humble, down to earth brother.
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  Speaker 1: All right. So rest in peace to Pop Smoke, Shot
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  Speaker 1: to Brooklyn, Shout to the whole New York and we're
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  Speaker 1: here paying hobbage and tribute. Mercy, Old Muscle, don't let
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  Speaker 1: my turcle mercy, unique mercy, Old Muscle, don't let my
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  Speaker 1: turcle her mercy. I don't look to the sky moment
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  Speaker 1: for the stars. Love,