Pop Fume found himself amid tardily hip hop elites, Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls, after his posthumous album debut at No. 1.

It has now been approximately vi months since the hip hop community was fabricated to digest the sharp and bitter news of the death of budding rapper Pop Smoke. The time has given Steven Victor, the head of Pop Smoke's label and 50 Cent, who came in as executive producer, to solidify Popular Smoke's first posthumous album Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon. The project was released on July 3, 2020, and it seems to be providing some much-needed closure, solace, and happiness to his grieving fans.

Those fans have reciprocated the honey past placing him among an elite group of slain rappers whose posthumous albums have secured the number 1 spot on the Billboard 200 Albums nautical chart. The group consists of hip hop fable Tupac, who was assassinated on September 13, 1996. His beginning posthumous album, R U All the same Down? (Remember Me) sold 549,000 within its showtime week.

Biggie Smalls was hunted on killed on March 9, 1997, and sadly did not become to feel his Life After Decease project securing 690,000 copies in its showtime week. The surge of the get-go calendar week ultimately laid the foundation for it to exist dubbed as one of the greatest rap albums ever made. XXXTentacion'due south June 18, 2022 assassination besides prevented him from witnessing Skins copping the number 1 spot afterwards 132,000 units within its get-go week.

The combination of savvy productions, peachy features, and of course, Pop Smoke'south unmistakable baritone vocals, has already guided the project into the realm of another titled held past This Is It, the 2009 posthumous release from popular legend Michael Jackson. Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon's offset week sales ending on July 9 shattered the projected 200-225k to end at the proud figure of 251,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.s.a. according to Billboard.

The album's ability to perform well outside of the United states of america is too being showcased by topping the Australian ARIA Album Chart.

There is a possibility of even farther greatness to be bestowed upon the legacy of Pop as fans could see the release of an 8 rails palatial if the anthology hits platinum past July xx, 2020, which would have been the rapper's 21st altogether.