Pop wasn't bigger than Bobby. Bobby had everybody and their mama doing the Shmoney dance and singing his song. Bobby was played everywhere
Most people still haven't heard a Pop Smoke song because he was mainly a regional artist that was starting to get a push. His sound wasn't universal and is a hard sell to many.
In other words, you still hear Hot Ni**a everywhere 5 years later. You'll probably never hear Pop Smoke in many of the same clubs and events ever.
Yes he was. Hot Nikka was bigger than Bobby.
It was a flash in the pan moment. A song that went viral and popped. Bobby didn't have much music out or much experience rapping. The EP he dropped flopped before jail. He had a bigger song but he himself was not bigger than Pop Smoke. Pop Smoke has a grip of songs in rotation in NYC. He was making all the movements in the industry to be a star.
And Pop wasn't regional. I posted his Spotify numbers earlier in this thread. He had a lot of listeners in London, Chicago, and LA. It's posters in here from Atlanta, DMV, Houston co-signing. His tape just did 36K first week he was about to tour. A regional artist is a guy like Don Q.
I haven't heard Hot Nikka in a minute and I'm from NY lol.