Pop Smoke's Manager Confirms Late Rapper's New Project Is 95% Finished

Announced shortly after Steven Victor tweeted about the record.

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Rico Beats, the manager of Pop Smoke, confirmed that the late artist’s new posthumous project is almost complete.

Taking to Instagram to share the news, Rico Beats shared a photoshopped image of him, Victor Victor Worldwide‘s Steven Victor and Pop Smoke as Scottie Pippen, Phil Jackson and Michael Jordan respectively. “Pop Album 95% loading the f$&k up!!!!” he wrote as the caption.

Earlier this May, Rico Beats quietly made the original announcement of a Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon followup via Instagram where he wrote, “I see and hear everything kept it cool tho no worries pay back around the corner Pop smoke new album loading.” Victor then essentially confirmed the news by commenting on the post with a chilli pepper emoji. The music exec reaffirmed the project on Twitter just a few weeks later by revealing that he is working on the Pop Smoke record as well as one from Pusha T and NIGO.

Stay tuned for more info.

Elsewhere in music, Tyler, the Creator dropped a brand new single titled “LUMBERJACK.”

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