The Angie Martinez Show Discusses Pop Smoke's Sudden Death

power 105.1 New York Hip-hop and R&B today we all woke up to absolutely sad news about pop

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man I hate this I hate that we have to talk about this today I hate that this is what happened it was finally. Right here last week, did you see him when he was here, bro? I did it, his energy was like crazy, yeah, he's been great. I mean, I actually had a couple of events coming up with him and me. I've been talking to him more recently than in the past, he did my barbecue, he did the barbecue last year, I mean, since he heard his music, you could hear the energy in the music if he had kept that same energy like in person, yes, he jumped on the table, do you know why?

He came in, he

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ed up, he brought me flowers and cookies, he was my guest on the

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and then he's just horrible, he's so tragic, man, and we'd actually talk. Pro was, I mean, Pro, people know that Pro is on the air, but so is Pro. the musical director, hey, yeah, so I'm asking you this as a musical director like we're talking about how soft pop was, one of the New York artists, what his trajectory was and what was about to happen in his career , who is Stroh. the shape and it had such a distinctive sound, especially in a day and age where all you hear from people is that they all sound the same, yeah, so here comes this guy with the deep, husky voice, it's like at first you know that they all We're the first when we heard him we always liked him now he can't be that young, remember we were like he was the whole world for you at your barbecue, my fact, yeah, because I'm trying to get him to sponsor a liquor company.

He's 19 at the time, I think. it was 19 News I was like a kid, I didn't believe him, so dad we did some more research like wow, he really is so young and um, but the best thing about him is he had his own sound, yeah, same thing and and and Sometimes, when you have your own sound, we especially see it here in New York because we also do music halls and we are in meetings with people from all over the country, from PDs from all over the country, and everyone shares who is playing in their city. and me, Thea and I were talking today about how cool it is and last week we talked about how cool it's been that on these calls now we're like, yeah, you know, so we've got pop

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here hopping town and working. in other cities it landed like yeah, it's working here it's working in the Carolinas just here like artists that come up here and this is in my way this for everyone, you know, every city has its sound with those artists they only work in those cities but yeah , but pop had to be one of those artists that was breaking out, I mean you see it, you know, I mean you see it and unfortunately you see it today, you know what all the artists put it out there and show it love. like he had a lot of people he was even uh and me so I hit Rashad to finish who bought pop here last week and today I played rap.

I thought, you know, thanks for bringing me, I'm really glad I did. That time with him because you know other times I've seen him, you know you're passing by, he jumps on stage, he jumps on the space stage, but when he came last week we relaxed a lot after the interview and he, you know. He stayed in the room, he was playing me music that he was working on and I was telling him some music that he should listen to, like old stuff that might help him. I don't know, he just had so much light and he was so you know, you can tell when someone's trying to shake up maybe an old life and your transition into this pop star life and I mean this rap star life and you know he he was a baby at that again he had only been rapping for two years he was just really I started to like that moment where people were starting to know him outside of New York and he's just tragic across the board and you know we talked about him like this artist, but you know, I'm sure there are people in Brooklyn, I'm sure his family is within earshot right now, forget him as a 20 year old who I'm sure they miss a lot, they will miss him again.

It was incredible, the story is horrible, sad and tragic. I know Nicky posted something about me. I think it's actually let me see how that quote, yeah, Nicky posted a photo of him, Nicki Minaj and said the Bible tells us that jealousy is as cruel as the grave, amazing SN pop piece, yeah, Fat Joe just to publish it. I saw a boogie, I just posted something with him feel like everyone's been posting it, yeah everyone knows the posted me, well manso was involved with me. I know many people have reached out to him and hugged him.

I know and you know Pappan Castes had a little quick. The tame moment was like no one wanted to see you all fighting and to your credit you talked on the phone and smoothed it out and then I also know 50 was in your ear trying to help you move smarter and better yeah and actually fifty . I'll be on the show today, we recorded it the other day, you know, I was on before this, obviously, but he talks about giving advice on pop smoke and loving the way it sounds, yeah, you can compare, yeah, yeah , he had energy, that's something. about the energy and tone of his voice there were some similarities there anyway he published 50 published there is no such thing as success without jealousy betrayal comes from those who are clothes rest in peace so true although Ness was so sad you know and there a lot of speculation, there's a lot of stories here, you're going to get to that, so it's going to depress so many people, but it just happened this morning, yeah, and he's from Brooklyn, so let's take a minute to just take a minute, yeah, You know, we definitely have a lot of stuff.

I want to air his interview and do all that and we will, but today it's like it just happened, yeah, and I can't imagine what people are going through right now, so our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends, It's so strange the times we live in where someone something so tragic could happen and then an hour later it's on the internet for everyone to comment on and see, and I'm sure you know the teams that just get it, it's the times we live in and even I can't understand it, but there's something wrong with that, there's something disturbing about when someone just doesn't have time to make sure the family knows, make sure everyone they love is aware of what happened before, it's like it's being thrown in their faces on Instagram and everyone else in peace and it's a very strange time and there's been so much loss lately.

I saw 5eo published, damn it, because it seems like they give you a hundred years. in jail or lose your life over something stupid, you go through a lot of young

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s in hip-hop lately, this is hard and speaking of 5eo, when Pop was here last week, he was talking about Brooklyn and where Brooklyn was and how he really They were thriving at this time and he talked about five years with a lot of new artists. Actually, we should post that clip, we should post that clip where he's digging up some of the new young artists that are coming out. book, but he was, you know, he was trying to encourage people with it, discouraged, he wasn't even where he was about to be, he was just trying to be trying to get there, I mean, he was honest, he was on the right path . um it's just tragic 20 years rest in peace god bless pop smart pop smoke anyway well let's share some of you know people's thoughts and dude were you here when was he?

You were here when he yeah, it's crazy, right, sad, like though All the North had little TJ posting SMS mhm gang fucking crazy and he was getting into his artist piece like he had the hip hop song and then He started doing his arm B vibe like yeah, he hit me like a six the way he hit me on this. In the room there were about six songs that were like RB vibe songs, well he doesn't know, it's not this, but Drake could never be like a Drake song, it was a smoke pop song, but he was just doing the transition to try to do other things.

Not planning to just stay in one lane I explained to him that we love him in this lane too because his voice is unique and great and strong, but he had these aspirations to grow and do new things, he talked about being and him and me. I'm going to be in a movie that's getting ready to come out and he wanted to act more and you know, any dance moves anyway, God bless you, rest in peace, pop smoke, we'll have more training today.