Pop Smoke: ‘Meet the Woo 2’ Interview | Apple Music

You know you have to block to honor Apple Music. I asked Nadeska to chime in with us today because tragedy struck a young hiphop guy and we've all been celebrating for the last year Pop Smoke's name was murdered in the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles from Brooklyn New York he's from one of those neighborhoods that is famous and you know, they told me that he had been spending a lot of time outside of New York in Los Angeles to concentrate on making

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and getting out of his environment and yet he was murdered and what they report is a break-in at the desk of You're one of the last people who had the chance to sit down with him and celebrate the release of Meet the Whoo - what was that like? conversation and, you know, explain to us what his energy was like at that moment so we can remember it in an uplifting way.

Yeah, I think we're all in shock right now and especially when I'm thinking about the conversation it's even more disturbing and sad because what I got out of our conversation was that he's a guy who comes from Brooklyn, welcome to the party, take off, He gains some momentum with those first big singles and now he's dropping the meat. to a second project, he's very excited and he's realizing at this point and you hear him for a minute in this

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that there was a little bit of a mental shift. He said that he had to have a conversation with himself even about things like doing

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s where he wasn't looking at it as if someone was just pressuring him for information that he didn't want to share, that was going to be part of his career. .

This is the person he wanted to be and he knew he had to work to achieve it. He didn't know what his energy was going to be like when he walked into the room, but he turns out to be one of those people who has a personality that can really light up the entire room. He has that kind of Brooklyn charm and charisma. and you know, when they talk about Superstars, they talk about things like lyrics and your sales, but they always say that there is a factor, the intangible right, that you can say that that person has it and I think what I took away from that. room is that he had it, he had that personality, so you know, it's just horrible to see his career in his life end like that, he's 20 years old, at 20 years old, I hadn't accomplished anything substantial in my life, maybe I was just finished graduating college so you know it hurts and I think he's mourning someone who could have been great Vaness cahier on beats one got pop

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how cool how are you feeling guy suddenly deskah It's a pleasure to

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you, you seem like a very smart and charming guy, it's a lethal combination.

I think lol, it seems like, you know, last year, 2019, was a pretty crazy year for you. I'm going to go, I don't know, and say I could have done it. It's been a life-changing year, as I correct it, it was how you navigated that, how is the transition from the streets to the industry, which is another beast in itself, you just have to take it day by day, like that, just you have to do it. take it day by day and know what you earn - thank you you feel that when you know what you are earning - it means that you are more prepared for what comes your way I say this so that you feel prepared I feel that it is difficult to be prepared to enter the industry unless you know you have a good team around you from the beginning, laughs, or so I always know which would be great.

I know Brooklyn is obviously a big part of you growing up in Canarsie, you could see it. It's in the vibes, listen to it in the music, what it was like to be out of Brooklyn during that year and be in Philly, man, it was like a good experience because you know where we're going, we're not really going anywhere, the only thing is we're really going somewhere. place from good. of him will be trapped in the hope that you are on the path. I'm saying we go crazy now that we can actually experience new things. I'm saying that Paris is late.

Have you had the chance to go to London, but obviously the drill music is great? in London and your producer 808 Mello, who you've worked with a lot, is from London. Do you feel comfortable there? London is a bob. I'm not comfortable with cities shooting. What was it like with your teammates? You feel? Like you've gotten a lot of love and respect within the industry, you collaborated with people like little TJ who has a much more melodic sound than you, he's different from Joe so it's nice to see that, but do you feel like you've been receiving a lot of love and respect within the industry? welcome by your peers in general mmm first you know people were like a picture in the face when I came with that sound no I'm saying she I'm saying I think she really started to like me - I'm Sarah yeah you did. the Nikki remix was called into question, it's like global love, not even just in New York, love, you know, what's another level, you start a whole new bomb in the streets when you recorded, know the wooh, the EP, I think than 808 mela beats, he produced the whole project, not the whole project, but mostly it has a lot of songs, so on the new album it's the same.

Do you work primarily with him or did you branch out and work with a lot of different producers? You met on YouTube, which is amazing, what was it that connected you? I think it's always important to find your creative soulmate and a lot of people don't find out you know what I mean, it really helps bring out the best in you. What is it about working with him that you think brings out the best in you? The thing is with him, no one noticed, but when I started rapping he sounded like a 50 cent, like he was really bossy, bossy, you know, saying, and I was like I even tried like a melodic wave, that type of things were more for men and I really want to talk to men all day and then he came out with more of his beats and I was able to talk about more different sides of me because, my first song was NPR, then I came with flex then I came with a girl, I came to

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Woo, there was a girl like a girl.

I'll be a big girl, so it's still the same, but I was able to change it. and turn off the lights and talk to a different audience, choose such a new artist, it's surprising that you're aware of that, so before you released the first songs like NPR, were you thinking about rap for a long time? Were you already rapping? at home, but without releasing the records, really the first thing that goes through my mind is that before I heard my low rhythm, it was in my head, I already had it because we liked what he used to do like when you were there. younger, yeah, because when you fall, you enter the party, that's one you said you didn't write, that just came off the top, yeah, welcome to the party, all right, that was for the ladies, but for the streets, for the ladies, well, for the owners of the streets. for the ladies but for the street which was in my moments of transition why am I like now I'm tired of talking to them like that I need some ice for the sweets but whatever I used to write I liked to write so MP already had that ring down that I need that money I never respect money honey that virus but I already had it played all I needed was to be someone I said goodbye to my little beat it was like the creative soulmate came together like that it was and then to know the whoo did you get out of the top with one of these records and you sat down and wrote every song, this is what you mixa mixa every day, but I'm going to claim that you didn't record this one in the crib?

You're welcome to budgets, you've opened up, Ray, I have some songs that are older, that will be new, that I recorded on a box, really, yeah, so I just want to take a goal outline, are you a resolution guy? New year? as a guide to start a new year, beginning of a new decade, you know? Did you enter this decade thinking about all the things you wanted to achieve? I will receive a list. I know what I want to achieve. How do you make your list? Divide mine into how I do a month, three months, six and then a year.

I really want you to do just one. My list is not that long, it is not that long. I just keep it to maybe like four things for the year and I'm fine. so these are like mega my name is for a year ago my god is anything you can share with us I'm going to be a million there when you say millionaire it's very specific how many million you say you know eventually I want eight hundred twenty three million euros for 23 mm, already You know, I've met a lot of people like a really new rapper who's right at the beginning of their career and to them it feels like doing interviews is torture, you seem fine, like you're not having the worst time of my life and I was a torture.

I know exactly what they're talking about when they talk about you. You really hate it if sometimes I feel like I'm the feds. That feeling of I don't want to be the feds is exactly what it is because you know. Most rappers come from the streets, so imagine we had a table like this and the kids were there and they were actually asking the same thing, what were you doing last night? But once you realize it, I think it's a mental thing like Homie United Streets, no. the more you have to come to yourself you have a lack you understand hugging like you a lover doesn't want the same from you how long did it take you to get to that point although maybe we can write a little playbook for rappers?

Here today, yes, today, today I had a conversation with myself, what was that conversation like? You bought Jeff the sexiest recording in New York, yeah, you don't drop the sexiest recording of me, you know that, so now you gotta suck it up and do interviews, yeah, well. I have to talk to my dad, so you got the tape out and you've been collaborating a lot, so you just work with Travis, you got that track with Jack Boys Gotti, how did you bring him to the hood? Viral movie Favio boy Work is like one of us. I saw you even had a remix with it.

I wouldn't have seen it coming. Yes, like that. All of these are in the plans. Hey, no player, no plan, if Bing Toes, don't play. like she was in the studio they could come get her something for you okay okay she comes to the studio how did the editor come and same thing for a little TJ no no TJ Iman thank you oh yeah I won't if you realize. while I'm going to do two songs, I'm going to release my tape that they had in the water unit because I don't like it, I don't like it, I don't want to like it, I don't like it, I'm saying you know why we are be envious, that's true, the more successful It comes to you, you know, so you also have to do and be right, why do you always just say that you are Panamanian? because my Panamanian sighs and doesn't lift me up, oh, but you can still take out the Jamaican. accentuate yourself you know that Panamanians are like doing in Spanish I don't know that go up go up there my dad has locks there is no one black like me so there was some hello hello you are so bad oh that is so good to do it in Spanish Manuel, what else do you expect come?

But this year the headlining tour will happen. Yes, you feel comfortable on stage. I am there anywhere you don't feel comfortable. Maybe that's what I should ask. We have the latest shows. Have? Like 40 50 hundred guys on stage with you, although no, no, no, more like, thank God, my first show I did, of course, I guess you had to move one out of the way, but I'm glad things be good I think fans appreciate it when you think about all those things, like touring the show is a difficult business, but you have to be disciplined. I've heard that you should watch your diet, you should watch what you drink, you should get some sleep, are you ready to do it? work that's a note it's a yes mom you know look congratulations on the new project I like that you're focused and you have plans and goals you know I'm excited to see what you do in the next year who is number 822 322 Ok and that's all for 2020.

I'm actually sad.