On January 30, 2021, acclaimed U.K. artist <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/sophie-passes-away-at-34-news.125703.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Sophie passed away at the age of 34;</a> a police statement indicates that she fell from a balcony in her Athens apartment. The tragic news was followed by a wave of sorrow from the music industry, with many of her collaborators sharing memories and tributes to the innovative pioneer. One such <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/vince-staples-reflects-on-working-with-sophie-following-her-death-news.125745.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">artist was her friend Vince Staples</a>, with whom Sophie collaborated on two Big Fish Theory tracks, &#8220;Samo&#8221; and &#8220;Yeah Right.&#8221;  
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Speaking with<a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/vince-staples-sophie-tribute-1122824/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"> Rolling Stone,</a> Staples went in-depth about Sophie&#8217;s influence, work ethic, and impact on his own artistry. He reflects on one of his earliest tours, which brought him out to Australia alongside Sophie and <a href="/profile/flume" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Flume</a>. From there, he struck up a friendship with Sophie, who went on to offer up <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/sophies-experimental-influence-was-all-over-vince-staples-yeah-right-new-song.1990105.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">a beat that would become &#8220;Yeah Right.&#8221;</a> &#8220;Me and my DJ went to the studio,&#8221; he recalls. &#8220;Sophie was playing some music. She went outside real quick and came back and said, &#8216;I have something for you,&#8217; and she played “Yeah Right.” I tried something, but she said that it wasn’t the attention-grabbing thing that she goes for. So I reapproached it. She was like: Don’t tell stories. I don’t care what you’re talking about. The attention is what’s important.&#8221;
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&#8220;A few months later, I was working on Big Fish Theory at EastWest in Los Angeles, and she came to the studio when she was in town. She was with [producer] Jimmy Edgar, and they had just gone to Disneyland. She popped up at the studio randomly in Mickey Mouse ears and a leather jacket on. It was 100 degrees outside — that’s the type of shit she does&#8230;She was there for, like, three minutes. Then later on, I said, “Are you still here in L.A.?” She was like, &#8216;Yeah.&#8217; I was like, &#8216;I need something else for the album.&#8217; She was like, &#8216;I have one.&#8217;” 
&#8220;Our friendship didn’t have anything to do with music, to be honest,&#8221; he continues. &#8220;I would see her at festivals and shows. I saw her at some festival in New Orleans or somewhere random, and it was a hilarious day. That’s when I took the picture I posted the other day.&#8221;
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For more insight from Vince Staples, be sure to check out the complete Rolling Stone interview <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/vince-staples-sophie-tribute-1122824/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">right here</a>. Rest in peace to Sophie, and our condolences go out to Vince in this difficult time.

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