New Orleans' $uicideboy$ have new music, album and tour all on deck
Summertime is around the corner and while most folks are going to embrace the beach goals, New Orleans’ $uicideboy$ are only putting in more work, work, work and work.
The hip-hop pair have come through to tease fans about a new ‘Escape From Babylon’ anthem topping in 48 hours with a studio album set for a late July drop. As if those two things weren’t big enough, they’re also set to tour all over the place. Peep all the details.
Today, New Orleans duo $uicideboy$have announced the upcoming release of their new album Sing Me A Lullaby My Sweet Temptation releasing via G*59 RECORDS on July 29. To celebrate the album release, the rap cousins (Ruby da Cherry and $crim) will embark on a 40-city nationwideGrey Day Tourthat kicks off in Chicago, IL at Huntington Bank Pavilion on August 2 with stops in Los Angeles at The Kia Forum, Seattle at The Climate Pledge Arena and wrapping in Denver at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. A full list of tour dates are below. Opening acts on the headlining tour include Ski Mask The Slump God, $not, JPEGMAFIA, Code Orange, Knocked Loose and Maxo Kream. The group will also perform at Bonnaroo and Rolling Loud in Toronto this Summer.Tickets go on sale Friday, June 10th at 10am local time HERE.
Additionally, the group will introduce a new single “Escape from BABYLON” from their highly-anticipated new album this Friday, June 10. Pre-Save the song HERE. The melodic track details the struggles of dating and how it pertains to their wild lifestyle. Ruby raps about the need for space and not wasting time in a relationship, while $crim unveils his flaws to his girl that leads her to loving him even more. Despite having infinite options it seems when it comes to choosing partners, the guys struggle like anyone else to navigate love and life.
The hard-hitting lead single “THE_EVIL_THAT_MEN_DO” debuted last month and has already gained over 5 million streams on Spotify and 7 million total plays across all streaming platforms. A lyric video for the song is on YouTube HERE.Sing Me A Lullaby My Sweet Temptationwill mark the group’s third official full-length following 2021’sThe Long Term Effects Of SUFFERINGthat surpassed 300 Million streams on Spotify and covered by media outlets Pitchfork, HotNewHipHop, HipHopDX and more.
Hip-hop lifted the New Orleans cousins out of a monotonous and drug addicted nightmare and into an underground phenomenon. On the way up, they’ve collected 5.3 billion total streams, landed a Top 10 debut on theBillboardTop 200 and average 8.5 million monthly listeners on Spotify. The group has sold out arenas on three continents and received acclaim fromPitchfork,Pigeons and Planes,Hypebeast,XXL,Revolverand Billboard who claim they“turned SoundCloud-era success into an underground empire.”They duo has collaborated with a wide-range of artists from Juicy J and Travis Barker to members of Korn. While their headlining Grey Day Tour has brought a massive and die-hard fan base to discover renown support acts that include Chief Keef, Slowthai, Denzel Curry, Shoreline Mafia and more artists from their independent label G*59 RECORD$.
