The death of Pop Smoke was a real tragedy because he really had a true sound, genuine spirit, and New York grit that the world was just coming to love. At the point that he passed he was the #1 rising name in hip-hop doing collaborations with big names like Travis Scott, taking over the charts, and bringing attention to the New York drill rap movement.
“Make It Rain” is Pop Smoke’s newest posthumous release with an interesting jail phone feature from GS9 member Rowdy Rebel. Along with a chaotic animation as the music video. Rowdy Rebel is currently towards the end of his sentence serving time with Bobby Shmurda. Back in 2016 they got locked up but the world is hoping for their release later this year. “Make It Rain” really shows us how timeless Pop Smoke is and how well he would have fit into the mainstream as an anomaly.