Brooklyn rapper Dusty Locane has only put out a few songs on streaming services, but the drill rhymer is generating a buzz around NYC due to possessing a growl that’s eerily similar to that of the late Pop Smoke’s, even down to the ad-libs.
Locane isn’t oblivious to the comparisons and nobody wants to be a rip-off version of another rapper, but he makes sure to pay homage to Pop whenever he can. In a recent interview with Fucious TV, Locane detailed his friendship with Pop as he actually grew up with the “Dior” rapper in Canarsie.
“Long live Pop Smoke, the greatest to do it,” he began before responding to the haters. “You’re entitled to your opinion, but you don’t know me. If you believe that, stick to that. Don’t switch when you see that I’m up, living better and doing better. If you believed that at some point in time I was trying to be somebody.”
Locane continued, “Elementary mostly. He left around 5th grade — 66th for anybody who know. Yeah we used to roll up, me, [Mike Dee], Stacks, Ace, all of us went to that same school.”
Locane didn’t want to play up his friendship with Pop when he was shot and killed in February 2020 because, in his eyes, it felt exploitive.
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“That’s why when Pop got lit, I didn’t try to, ‘Yeah, I grew up with him and I knew him,'” he said. “That’s his shine and his time. I feel like that’s an attachment — people feel like I got to get attached because I knew him. That’s wasn’t really my bop.”
Listen to Dusty Locane’s 2021 single “INTRO 2 ME, PT. 1” below.
Looking forward to seeing his growth and ability to help feed the people in his circle.
Imitation is the highest form of flattery. Hip-hop used to be about originality but now anything goes. It reminds me of Shyne getting signed to the same label was BIGGIE. Gorilla Black had Bigs style also.
Being coached to sound and act like someone compared to someone literally growing up in the same place as someone are two different things
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he was trained to act and sound like him
Pop Smoke ‘ csme with something so different ‘ so fierce” it had all of Harkem’ bronx. Brooklyn all the boroughs shaking ‘ his jam became an anthem’ He can’t be touched ‘ so Copy Cats take a seat ‘ Pop Smoke all ready did it . He was the Baddest.
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I don’t understand why people including himself keep using “growing up with pop and living the same neighborhood” as an excuse to have the same exact flow, ad-libs, video content, sounds etc. The sound dusty has was definitely from him watching pop and copying. There’s no way two different men rap/flow is exactly the same that’s rehearsed .
that’d what I’m saying he first appear by saying he was pop smoke blood cousin his Obasi Jackson the real bro of pop smoke was like “I don’t know that man except if my mom never told me I have a cousin that I don’t know ” he after being exposed he started using the “growing up with pop and living the same neighborhood” he also tried to say they where in the same middle school all of that clout chasing made him have his audience some real pop smoke fans know he is a copy cat others claim he is pop smoke 2.0 tbh I don’t like this man because he used a dead man name to get his fam and now that his lie is getting caught up he trynna covers it up with we where in the same neighborhood” I don’t like him but still everybody got his way to hustle
He never claimed to be his blood cousin in fact in an interview he stated: “that’s the cuz, the crip cousin” he wasn’t saying he was blood-related. If he was trying to gain clout of off pop he would’ve claimed knowing him a lot earlier he just a kid from Brooklyn tryna make it.
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Bruh he’s have never claimed to be pop’s blood cousin. Stop lying 😂😂
Most of what you typed are not true at all 😂😂
I am praying that Dusty will be able to sing at the Grammy’s Award on behalf of Pop Smoke this would be such a honorable gift to a devoted Rapper who put the work in to see this dream come true but was rob of it by some careless Thugs.
But I think , they grew up together both crips both for woo so like he ain’t tryna be like pop , he just grew up around him. ♿️♿️
Most definitely! He grew up with woo he was woo right next to pop smoke ??♥️?
can u stfu idk why u people use living in the same area as an excuse u act like pop smoke didnt blow up for a unique reason smfh
He us not pop. But he has talent. Give the man time. He will get that one song that hooks everyone. Go DUSTY LOCANE
all yall talking about how he stole the growl yet pop smoke stole the growl from dmx but because its pop smoke its ok
lmaoo anybody should be allowed to growl dont do to much just cause pop smoke did it dont mean he stole it and same for dusty 🙂
but dmx did it nearly 2 decades ago?
You guys must realize that what the thugs did, they did it to survive. They were raised in the streets. Although, I don’t think they should’ve killed Pop Smoke, they were just tryna put food on the table.
Justifying a killing for food? U tripping bro.
the thing is…pop smoke was inspired by uk drill he even said it himself in an interview so unless Dusty was too then hes copying pop smoke and living in the same area isnt an excuse. u can still make your own style.
Pop Smoke was and is a talented artist and if people want to lets not say copy but create the same or similar content as him he probably would just say that it’s lit and go on about his day. Pop Smoke made very similar songs associated with 50 cent and others but he added his own flow and creativity to the songs and so does Dusty. Papi was so chill about everything and would be supporting Dusty, ya’ll making it a big thing doesn’t make sense, Dusty don’t think he copying him and he also grew up around the same things as Pop Smoke so maybe all the woo’s act the way Pop Smoke did. Not saying cuz he grew up with papi it’s okay to be like him but it’s never that serious, it’s all love tho to people who think different.
DUSTY IS NOT HIS COUSIN HIS BROTHER HAD A LIVE AND EXPLAINED THIS SO TAKE THIS SHIT DOWN ASAP