“Christopher Walking” by Pop Smoke

Some readers may have already noticed the similarity between the title of this song (“Christopher Walking”) and the name of a famous actor, Christopher Walken. The most-popular role of his career, at least as far as the world of hip-hop is concerned, would be Walken’s portrayal of fictional crime lord Frank White on the hardcore-gangster classic, “King of New York” (1990). In fact ironically enough, this is the same Frank White the Notorious B.I.G. (1972-1997), another rapper who was murdered at a young age, used to refer to himself as, as well as the same informal king of New York title he more or less crowned himself during his heyday.

So we know that this particular song by Pop Smoke (1999-2020) was influenced by said movie. For instance, its cover art is a replica of the movie poster for the film. Moreover Smoke states forthrightly that he is the “king of New York” in the song. But it should also be noted that he is making this statement by and large to a romantic interest he is trying to impress. 

Main Theme of “Christopher Walking”

In fact overall it can be said that the main theme of this track is actually the rapper’s interactions with women. And in that regard, he seems to be putting forth two basic ideas. One is that he uses his style and money to attract females. And second would be that he is in the position where he can even sleep with the girlfriends of other dudes if he so desires.

Secondary Theme

Meanwhile the track’s secondary theme would be gun violence, which is more in tune with the subject matter of “King of New York” itself. However, Smoke referring to himself by that title is the only true lyrical reference he seems to make to the film. Rather his wording operates more alone of the lines of the general type of gunplay he is known for. Or stated simply, the listener will walk away from this track understanding that Smoke has guns, as well as the fact that he’s not afraid to use them, especially in terms of dealing with opps.

So at the end of the day “Christopher Walking” is a song about women, tons of money and violence. And these topics are loosely based on a film, which (to varying degrees), was centered on the same subject matter.

Did Pop Smoke write “Christopher Walking”?

Yes. The late rapper wrote “Christopher Walking” with additional contributions from the track’s producers, CashMoneyAP, WondaGurl and Dez Wright.

Release Date

This song came out on 16 January 2020. It is featured on Smoke’s album which dropped the following month, “Meet the Woo 2”.