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Hear SpaceGhostPurrp’s Darkly Shining ‘Starz’

SpaceGhostPurrp / Photo by Devin Christopher

If SpaceGhostPurrp’s 4AD debut Mysterious Phonk left you wanting for the bleakly banging lo-fi excursions that put the Floridian rap iconoclast on the map, well, you’re in luck. In honor of his just launched tour, the Miami MC has gifted us with “Starz,” a crunchy, unpolished slab of granite that confidently declares, “I … am … the nigga … you wanna be.” Leaking through the speakers like a vintage Bone Thugs cassingle caught on loop, the intensely rhythmic track is fleshed out by the rapper’s hypnotic chants, which seem to summon a chorus of demonic doppelgängers who groan and toast along. “Said she go to church just to repent / Come back around me, now she wanna sin,” Purrp hisses before asserting his dominance over everyone who’s listening. The up-and-comer is currently on the road with the rest of the Raider Klan on the BMW (Black Money World) tour, named in honor of his December Black Man’s Wealth EP.

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SpaceGhostPurrp and Raider Klan tour dates:
March 21 – Atlanta, GA @ Vinyl
March 23 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
March 24 – Washington, DC @ Rock N Roll Hotel
March 25 – New York, NY @ Santos Party House
March 26 – Boston, MA @ Middle East Downstairs
March 27 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts – Wolf Building
March 30 – Cleveland, OH @ Grog
March 31 – Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig
April 01 – Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
April 02 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Avenue Entry
April 04 – Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
April 05 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
April 07 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos
April 09 – Vancouver, BC @ Fortune Sound Club
April 10 – Portland, OR @ Peter’s Room, Roseland Theater
April 11 – San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s
April 14 – Indio, CA @ Coachella
April 21 – Indio, CA @ Coachella