In March 2017, Scott announced he would be launching his own
imprint, under the name of
Cactus Jack Records. During an interview, Scott said, "I'm not doing it to have financial control over my music. I want first and foremost to help other artists, launch new names, to provide opportunities. I want to do for them what happened to me, but better." On December 2, 2023, a fan met Scott while he was signing merchandise of his that fans bought inside of a car and asked him if
JackBoys 2 was in the works, to which he replied: "For sure". On June 14, 2024, he revealed that he and his signees had been thinking of making the album during his performance as part of Cactus Jack at American
music video director and record executive
Cole Bennett's annual Summer Smash music festival. Cactus Jack signee
Don Toliver hinted at the album by reposting the video trailer of the first
JackBoys album from over five years before on his
Instagram story on January 17, 2025. On March 19, 2025, the album was officially announced with text being written on a building in Hong Kong: "What the fuck is we doing? JACKBOYS 2 on the way". Four days later, Scott officially announced that the album is "on the way" during his very early morning performance at the nightclub
LIV in Miami Beach, Florida. On April 9, 2025, Scott released a collaboration with his Cactus Jack signee,
Sheck Wes, titled "ILMB" as the lead single from the album. During Scott's co-headlining set at the
Coachella 2025 festival three days later, he performed the songs "
Kick Out" and "
Dumbo" for the first time and performed them again at the festival on April 19. On April 30, his 34th birthday, he released an unofficial music video teaser for "Kick Out" through his
Instagram account and shared the official trailer for the album, which was directed by
Harmony Korine, who shot the cover art for the first
JackBoys album. A pre-order for vinyl, CDs, and box sets of
JackBoys 2 was made available on his website the following day. Starting from July 3, some of the artists started confirming their involvement on the album by posting pictures of themselves on Instagram standing in front of a custom-made gray
Lamborghini Huracán with a
JackBoys 2 logo, which Scott gifted them. Some of these artists include
21 Savage,
GloRilla,
Kodak Black, and
Tyla. On July 8, Scott, Wes, and Toliver released the second single of the album, "
2000 Excursion". He announced the release date of the album and confirmed that it would consist of 17 tracks two days later. "Dumbo", which was performed by Scott, was released as the third single on July 14, the day after the album's release. A bonus edition of the album with additional tracks, was released on July 16 and uploaded to
streaming media the following day. The fourth and final single of the album, "PBT", which was performed by Scott, South African singer
Tyla, and Jamaican dancehall artist
Vybz Kartel, was sent to US rhythmic radio on August 6, 2025. "No Comments", which was performed by Toliver, was released as the fifth single from the album two days later. The sixth and final single, "
Shyne", which was performed by Scott and fellow American rapper
GloRilla, was sent to US rhythmic radio on August 19, 2025. == Critical reception ==