As an opening act for Linkin Park, JPEGMAFIA has kept busy lately continuing to push his creative evolution as the rapper has shared that he has a new album set to drop in under a month, Experimental Rap which will be out May 21. The project’s first cut, “Babygirl,” arriving today an adrenaline-fueled fusion of rap, punk, rock, industrial and gospel music with his signature “no-rules” production and sharp lyricism. JPEGMAFIA uses the track to channel the chaos of modern culture and social tension while commanding his place at the forefront of the experimental space.
Challenging the boundaries of the experimental genre, this record acts as both a display of power and a gauntlet thrown to the industry, proving once again that JPEGMAFIA is one of modern rap’s most fearless and consistent innovators. True to the album’s title, the single features about two minutes of breathless verses from the emcee before a very Linkin-Park opener guitar riff outros the track. Experimental Rap will serve as JPEG’s follow-up to 2024’s I Lay Down My Life for You and his album-length collaboration with Danny Brown from the year prior.
Alongside the new single, JPEGMAFIA has announced The Experimental Rap Tour, a 20-date North American run with support from redveil and Matt proxy kicking off September 22 in Spokane, WA. Full tour dates are listed below. Tickets are available for purchase on Wednesday, May 6th at 10AM local, however fans can sign up for pre-sale access to purchase on Tuesday, May 5th at 10am local HERE
2026 US TOUR:
September 22 – Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory
September 23 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
September 25 – Eugene, OR @ The McDonald Theatre
September 26 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
September 27 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
September 30 – San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
October 1 – Riverside, CA @ Riverside Municipal Auditorium
October 2 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Novo
October 3 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
October 5 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Rockwell at The Complex
October 6 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
October 8 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Fillmore
October 9 – St. Louis, MO @ The Sovereign
October 10 – Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom
October 13 – Toronto, ON @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
October 14 – Montreal, QC @ MTELUS
October 16 – Boston, MA @ Roadrunner
October 17 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5
October 18 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
October 20 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore
October 21 – Washington, DC @ Echostage
October 23 – Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore Charlotte
October 24 – Atlanta, GA @ The Tabernacle
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