Pop Smoke continues dominating R&B/Hip-Hop Chart.
It’s been over a year since New York Rapper Pop Smoke was murdered during a home invasion in February 2020 but he’s still dominating R&B/Hip-Hop Chart, with his debut posthumous studio album ‘Shoot for the Stars, Aim For The Moon‘. The project which was released with help from 50 Cent, who executive produced the whole thing, has now become the longest-running No. 1 album on the R&B/Hip-Hop charts since 1990.
Pop Smoke was only 20 years old when he was assassinated in a burglary in February, only 12 days after releasing his breakout mixtape and a few weeks away from recording his first album. Several tracks from that posthumous album have gone on to become major successes on streaming platforms and hip-hop radio mainstays, despite Victor’s admission that he doesn’t listen to the radio very frequently.
The project has now spent over 17 weeks on Top of R&B/Hip-Hop Charts. Pop Smoke’s album surpassed the most recent record holder Eminem, whose 2010 album ‘Recovery‘ spent 16 weeks on top of the charts. In 1990, MC Hammer’s “Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt Em” project, stayed on top of the charts for 29 straight weeks.
Pop Smoke’s debut album Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon is the longest-running No. 1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop charts since 1990 💫 pic.twitter.com/KCj9jHLOK2
— XXL Magazine (@XXL) March 4, 2021
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