Earl Sweatshirt recently talked about his next album, but he’s not yet done supporting his most recent effort, last year’s Some Rap Songs: Sweatshirt just shared “Nowhere, Nobody,” an eight-minute short film featuring music from the album, and announced a tour in support of the record.
The film, which was directed by Naima Ramos-Chapman and Terence Nance, features Earl coaching a youth basketball team to victory, taking a guided museum tour, and more. The film is relatively abstract in nature, but it does seem to address the death of Earl’s father, South African poet and political activist Keorapetse Kgositsile: The final shot is of an open casket, the closed half draped in a South African flag and the open half filled with white clay hands.
He also announced the “FIRE IT UP!” tour, which is also set to feature Bbymutha, MIKE, Na-Kel Smith, Liv.e, and Black Noise. Watch “Nowhere, Nobody” above, and find Sweatshirt’s upcoming tour dates below.
03/23 — New Orleans, LA @ BUKU Music + Art Project
03/25 — Charlotte, NC @ The Underground at the Fillmore Charlotte
03/26 — Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore Silver Spring
03/28 — Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Soundstage
03/29 — Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts
03/30 — New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
03/31 — Providence, RI @ Fête Music Hall
04/02 — Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
04/04 — Montreal, Quebec @ Corona Theatre
04/05 — Toronto, Ontario @ The Phoenix Concert Theatre
04/07 — Detroit, MI @ Saint Andrews Hall
04/09 — Minneapolis, MN @ Cabooze
04/10 — Lawrence, KS @ The Granada
04/11 — Denver, CO @ Cervantes Masterpiece
04/14 — Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
04/15 — Vancouver, British Columbia @ The Commodore Ballroom
04/16 — Portland OR @ Crystal Ballroom
04/18 — Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades
04/19 — San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom
04/20 — Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst
04/21 — San Luis Obispo, CA @ Fremont Theater
04/23 — Pomona, CA @ The Glass House
04/24 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Novo
04/26 — Las Vegas, NV @ Vinyl @ Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas
04/27 — San Diego, CA @ SOMA
04/28 — Phoenix, AZ @ Club Red
05/01 — Austin, TX @ Emo’s
05/02 — Dallas, TX @ Canton Hall
05/04 — Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
05/05 — Birmingham, AL @ Saturn
05/06 — Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
06/07 — London, England @ Field Day Festival
Some Rap Songs is out now via Tan Cressida. Get it here.