2010–2016: Career beginnings JID released his first mixtape
Cakewalk on May 18, 2010. Earlier that year, he formed
Spillage Village with EarthGang, Hollywood JB, and Jordxn Bryant. On October 22, 2013, his next mixtape was released titled
Para Tu. The mixtape was later re-released on December 29, 2017. In 2014, he opened up with EarthGang and
Bas on
Ab-Soul's These Days Tour following the release of
Spillage Village's first collaboration project,
Bears Like This. On January 26, 2015, he released his first extended play
DiCaprio EP. On July 6, Spillage Village released their second collaboration project
Bears Like This Too. He also toured with
Omen on the Elephant Eyes Tour and Bas on the Too High to Riot Tour. On December 2, 2016, Spillage Village released
Bears Like This Too Much with features from
J. Cole and Bas, and production from
Mac Miller, Ducko Mcfli, Childish Major and J. Cole among others.
2017: The Never Story On February 20, 2017, it was announced that he had signed to
J. Cole's
Dreamville label, first releasing the single "Never". The full-length album,
The Never Story was released on March 10, 2017. The album includes guest features from
EarthGang,
6LACK, and
Mereba, and production from J. Cole,
Hollywood JB, Christo, and
Childish Major, among others. He later released three more music videos from the album: "D/vision", "Hereditary", and "EdEddnEddy". He was also an opening act for J. Cole on the
4 Your Eyez Only Tour in 2017 in the North American and European legs. On October 10, JID appeared alongside rappers
Cozz,
Kodie Shane and Ali Tomineek in a
cypher at the
BET Hip Hop Awards. In November 2017, JID co-headlined in his Never Had Shit Tour with EarthGang, and guests
Lute,
Chaz French, and Mereba. It included 15 dates in North America, and continued in 2018, with 19 dates in Europe. On December 13, JID appeared on a remix with
Foster The People and
Saba called "Pay The Man".
2018–2020: DiCaprio 2 In June 2018, he was featured on the cover of ''
XXL's 2018 Freshman Class.'' In July, he was featured on
Denzel Curry's "Sirens" from
Ta13oo, and was announced he would go on tour with
Mac Miller and
Thundercat. However, the tour was cancelled due to the passing of Mac Miller. The first single for his second album was released on September 18, titled "
151 Rum". On October 3, 2018, JID premiered the song "Working Out" on
A COLORS SHOW. On his birthday, his second album
DiCaprio 2 was announced with a release date of November 26, 2018, and he revealed the tracklist soon after. The album's second official single, "
Off Deez" featuring
J. Cole, was released on November 6. Other collaborators on the album include
A$AP Ferg,
6LACK,
Ella Mai,
BJ the Chicago Kid,
Method Man and
Joey Bada$$, with production mainly coming from his in-house team of
Christo, Hollywood JB, J. Cole and
Elite, among others.
DiCaprio 2 was released on November 26, 2018, to positive reviews and critical acclaim. JID announced the first leg of his headlining Catch Me If You Can tour, which included 34 dates, beginning in January 2019. The supporting acts were revealed to be
Reason, Hardo, and Lou The Human. On February 9, JID's show in
Ithaca, New York, was shut down by the police due to a visible crack forming in the ceiling underneath the venue where the concert was held. On February 12, 2019, JID announced the second leg of his Catch Me If You Can tour. The tour included 26 dates that started in May, and featured supporting acts
Saba,
Deante' Hitchcock, and Mereba. In 2019, JID was part of the Dreamville compilation album
Revenge of the Dreamers III. The singles "
Down Bad" and "
Costa Rica" were certified gold by the
RIAA. In 2020, as part of
Spillage Village, he was featured on the singles "End of Daze" and "Baptize", for their fourth collective album
Spilligion.
2021–2024: The Forever Story and planned Metro Boomin collaborative album JID was featured on
Doja Cat's song "Options", included on her
Grammy-nominated third album,
Planet Her. He later collaborated with
Imagine Dragons on the mega-hit "
Enemy"; it peaked at number five on the
Billboard Hot 100, becoming his highest-charting song. JID teased his third album,
The Forever Story, throughout 2021. On March 31, he appeared on the Dreamville compilation
D-Day: A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape, on the songs "Stick" and "Barry From Simpson". On August 9, JID released the second single from
The Forever Story, titled "
Dance Now", with
Kenny Mason.
The Forever Story was released on August 26, 2022, including guest appearances from
Kenny Mason,
EarthGang,
21 Savage,
Baby Tate,
Lil Durk,
Ari Lennox,
Yasiin Bey,
Lil Wayne,
Johntá Austin,
Ravyn Lenae and
Eryn Allen Kane. On September 8, 2022, JID performed an
NPR Tiny Desk Concert. On March 28, 2023, American record producer
Metro Boomin posted a picture on
Twitter that had JID and Metro Boomin in a studio working on music, with the caption "Got a lot of new music coming but when me and @JIDsv drop". JID then would later confirm that he and Metro are working on a collaborative album. On September 1, JID released his third EP titled
Blakkboyz present Half Doin Dope/Van Gogh, featuring
Lil Yachty and
BabyTron. On October 13, JID was featured on
Westside Gunn's song "Mamas PrimeTime," along with
Conway the Machine off of Gunn's fifth studio album
And Then You Pray for Me. On November 9, JID was featured on the opening of the video game
Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name. On July 12, 2024, JID was featured on
Eminem's song "
Fuel" off of his twelfth studio album,
The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce). On September 20, 2024, JID was featured on
Katy Perry's song "Artificial" from her seventh studio album
143.
2025-present: God Does Like Ugly On April 18, 2025, JID released the lead single "
WRK" from his upcoming fourth studio album,
God Does Like Ugly. The song was JID's first solo commercial release since 2022’s
The Forever Story. He later announced that the album would be released on August 8, accompanied by a trailer. On July 4, 2025, JID released
GDLU (Preluxe), after announcing it through a freestyle released on YouTube. An EP featuring Eminem, Lil Yachty and
6LACK, it was a build-up to his upcoming album
God Does Like Ugly, which featured four tracks that were supposed to be on the album, but were not included eventually. The collaboration with Eminem was also released as a single.
God Does Like Ugly released on August 8 through
Dreamville and
Interscope, featuring guest appearances from
Westside Gunn,
Clipse,
Vince Staples,
Ciara,
EarthGang,
Don Toliver,
Ty Dolla Sign,
6lack,
Jessie Reyez, Baby Kia,
Mereba, and
Pastor Troy, to positive reviews. A preluxe edition was released a day later, including all the songs from
GDLU (Preluxe). == Artistry ==