Lexa Gates Announces Sophomore Album I Am + 16-City North American Tour

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Sep 8
3 min read

Lexa Gates is leveling up. The 24-year-old rapper, singer, and producer has officially announced her sophomore album, I Am, dropping later this fall. To celebrate, she’s hitting the road for a 16-date North American run — the I Am Tour — kicking off October 27 in Toronto and wrapping up with a special hometown finale at New York City’s Webster Hall on December 4.

🎟️ Tickets: Artist presale starts September 9 at 10 AM local time, with general on-sale beginning September 12 at 10 AM. Purchase here.

Tour Dates

Oct 27 – Toronto, ON – Opera House
Oct 29 – Chicago, IL – The Promontory
Oct 30 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line
Oct 31 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Nov 3 – Salt Lake City, UT – Soundwell
Nov 5 – Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda Theatre
Nov 7 – San Diego, CA – The Observatory North Park
Nov 8 – Phoenix, AZ – Nile Theater
Nov 12 – Houston, TX – House of Blues
Nov 14 – Dallas, TX – Trees
Nov 15 – Austin, TX – Scoot Inn
Nov 18 – Charlotte, NC – The Underground
Nov 19 – Washington, DC – The Fillmore
Nov 20 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club
Dec 4 – New York, NY – Webster Hall

Building Momentum

This tour announcement comes on the heels of Lexa’s breakout festival season. From Seattle’s Capitol Hill Block Party to London’s Jazz Café Festival (where CLASH praised her for having the crowd “in the palm of her hand”), she’s been steadily winning over fans city by city. Earlier this summer, she even surprised NYC with a free pop-up show that drew 300+ people.

New Music

The tour will spotlight music from her upcoming album, including her latest single “Past It.” Produced by Emilie Haynie (Lana Del Rey, Kid Cudi, FKA Twigs), the track earned a feature in Billboard’s “R&B/Hip-Hop Fresh Picks of the Week,” who called Lexa “one of the refreshing faces of rap’s next generation.”

Earlier this year, she also dropped “Latency,” a hypnotic piano-driven track produced by Jasper Harris and Aaron Shadrow. Since release, it’s racked up nearly 1 million streams and nods from Rolling Stone, VIBE, Pigeons & Planes, and more.

Lexa’s Big 2025

This year alone, Lexa has:

Starred in a KITH campaign alongside Fabolous and Jadakiss
Wrapped her first sold-out headline tour
Been named Billboard’s “Rookie of the Month”
Performed a stunning Amy Winehouse cover for Apple Music

She’s also stacked co-signs from heavyweights like SZA, Aminé, and Isaiah Rashad, plus “Artist to Watch” nods from People, Billboard, and Hypebeast.

From Elite Vessel to I Am

Lexa’s 2024 debut album Elite Vessel — praised by Rolling Stone as an “Artist You Need to Know” pick and by Complex as “one of the best under-the-radar rap albums of 2024” — set the tone for her unique mix of vulnerability and swagger.

Now, with I Am, she’s channeling influences like Fiona Apple, Amy Winehouse, and Lana Del Rey, blending slick rhymes with siren-like vocals that explore love, obsession, and self-identity. As Billboard put it, she’s “one of the can’t-miss emerging artists coming out of NYC.”

Whether you’ve been following since Elite Vessel or just caught her viral 10-hour art installation last year, one thing’s clear: Lexa Gates is just getting started.