At 34 years old and with 12 years in the rap industry, JID finds himself matriculating from a student of the game to a leader. As he does so, the title of his fourth album God Does Like Ugly suggests he’s looking to the ultimate leader – God. Despite the enormous successes of a four-times platinum appearance on Imagine Dragons “Enemy” (a pretty random collaboration from the outside looking in), a viral hit with 2022’s “Surround Sound” (which soundtracked videos where netizens held their phones high above them to rap, dance, or act into the camera), and many years of packed shows, JID is less a superstar than a cult-classic type of rapper. It’s clear he’s a bit over that. “Just took a fuckin ceiling challenge to show I’m above my peers,” he spits with slight disdain on his God Does

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