Quavo played "Snitching" to Buddah Bless and intended to put it on his hip hop trio Migos' upcoming fourth studio album Culture III.
[4][5] According to Karlton Jahmal of HotNewHipHop, the song's beat is made up of a "guitar riff sprinkled with a chime and peppered with stop and go percussions".
[6] NME's Dhruva Balram noted Pop Smoke raps about the threats he faced in his everyday life and the measures he took to defend himself: "There's never a day I don't walk without it/Shoot a nigga, never talk about it (Shh)".
"[10] On July 3, 2020, "Snitching" was released as the eighth track on Pop Smoke's posthumous debut studio album Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon.
[7] Earmilk's Ashton Howard and David Crone of AllMusic stated "Snitching" is one of the album's standouts and highlights, respectively.
[13] Following the release of Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon, "West Coast Shit" debuted and peaked at number 54 on the US Billboard Hot 100.