With thirteen tracks, The Good Fight features a variety of both US and UK underground artists including Freddie Gibbs, BONES, Eyedress, MAVI, and Greentea Peng. American producer Madlib also provides the beat for the title track “The Good Fight”. He has produced for other artists including MF Doom, J Dilla, and Freddie Gibbs.

On Instagram, Lord Apex thanked everyone for the support on his new album. He captioned the post: “THE GOOD FIGHT – album out now – thank you to all my fans & everybody that has been a part of making the album, you all made it possible to bring the vision of this album to life especially my brother zach on all the art. enjoy the album and let me know your fav songs and what songs u wanna see visuals for!!!”

Check out Lord Apex’s post on Instagram below:

Lord Apex first announced the drop of his album around this time last month, but he has revealed tracks from The Good Fight when he first dropped the song “Blessings”.

“Blessings” is available to listen to on his new album The Good Fight. The official music for “Blessings” is also available to watch on YouTube. Check out the music video below:

Most commonly known as Lord Apex, Shaeem Santino Wright released his first track in 2014 and has amassed around 63k subscribers on YouTube as of 2023.

Since then, the rapper was nominated for a UK Music Video Award in the Best Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Video Newcomer category for his video titled “Different” along with KAM-BU, as well as featured in promotions releasing his own radio segment for the American apparel company Carhartt.

The official music video for “Different” by KAM-BU featuring Lord Apex is available to watch and listen to on YouTube below:

In addition to the drop of his album, Lord Apex announced a third headline tour earlier this year. However, the tour dates have been changed to next year as a result of the album being released in November. On Instagram, he announced the news captioning his post, “Due the album release date now being November 10 we changed the dates to next year to present The Good Fight Tour with a special 4/20 show for London!” He further mentioned that “All tickets remain valid.”

See Lord Apex’s post on Instagram below:

The updated dates for Lord Apex’s tour are listed below:

Lord Apex UK and Ireland tour:

10/04/2023 – 24 Kitchen Street – Liverpool
11/04 – The Garage – Glasgow
12/04 – Canvas – Manchester
13/04 – O2 Institute – Birmingham
17/04 – The Button Factory – Dublin
18/04 – Thekla – Bristol
19/04 – Patterns – Brighton
20/04 – KOKO – London

Lord Apex Europe Tour

10/03/2024 – Bitterzoet – Amsterdam
12/03 – Le Flow – Lille
13/03 – Botanique – Brussels
17/03 – TBA – Oslo
18/03 – Bar Brooklyn – Stockholm
19/03 – Loppen – Copenhagen
20/03 – Turmzimmer – Hamburg
22/03 – Hydrozagadka – Warsaw
23/03 – Maschinehaus – Berlin
25/03 – Das Werk – Vienna
26/03 – Circolo Magnolia – Milan
27/03 – Komplex – Zurich
29/03 – Le FAT – Strasbourg
30/03 – La Place – Paris
31/03 – Le Rex – Toulouse
02/04 – Razzmatazz – Barcelona
03/04 – Café Berlin – Madrid

All tickets for Lord Apex’s 2024 tour are available to purchase here.

Announcing the news on Instagram, Lord Apex said, “happy to announce my 3rd headline tour <3 / uk & euro tings a gwarn / tickets go on sale friday / go tell a friend to tell a friend / link gone be in bio / let’s go”

Shaeem Santino Wright, most likely known by his stage name Lord Apex, grew up in White City, London, United Kingdom. His music incorporates different types of genres, however, more specifically UK hip-hop and lo-fi hip hop.

He released his first track in 2014 and since then, he has been nominated for a UK Music Video Award in the Best Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Video Newcomer category for his video with KAM-BU’s song “Different”.

Watch the music video for “Different” below:

Complex UK also included him in an article where they said “Lord Apex is perfectly positioned to rise to the top” as he is a rapper to look out for.

Not only has he been releasing solo music, but he often collaborates with other British musicians. Lord Apex recently featured, along with Erick The Architect, on Catching Flies’ song “True Colours (Part 2)” which was released on the 17th of May 2023.

The official lyric video can be seen below:

Lord Apex’s latest video for his single “Stars In Their Eyes” takes place in central London at night, while he raps in various places including the Southbank Centre. It was directed by Joel Stagg who also directed his other video for “INEEDAPOUNDOFGUSHERS”.

Watch his video for “Stars In Their Eyes” below:

The West London rapper has featured on other songs including “FUCK IT” by lyrical rapper Benny Mails which also features Cesta. The music video was shot in Brixton, London and was dropped on the 19th of April 2023. It has 2.6k views on YouTube and  you can listen to it on Spotify, YouTube Music, and Apple Music.

Since announcing his tour dates, the locations where he is set to perform have also been announcing his performance dates on Twitter. This includes the O2 Institute in Birmingham. In a tweet from them, they said, “West London rapper @SENSEIAPEX heads to Brum – Saturday 28 October. Tickets on sale”

West London rapper @SENSEIAPEX heads to Brum – Saturday 28 October. Tickets on sale – https://t.co/XPkimUE13L pic.twitter.com/fndXYi6PiN

— O2 Institute Birmingham (@O2InstituteBham) June 2, 2023

Lord Apex UK and Ireland tour:

23/10/2023 – 24 Kitchen Street – Liverpool
24/10 – The Button Factory – Dublin
25/10 – The Garage – Glasgow
27/10 – Canvas – Manchester
28/10 – O2 Institute – Birmingham
29/10 – Thekla – Bristol
31/10 – Patterns – Brighton
01/11 – KOKO – London

Lord Apex Europe Tour:

03/11/2023 – Bitterzoet – Amsterdam
04/11 – Botanique – Brussels
06/11 – Krøsset – Oslo
07/11 – Bar Brooklyn – Stockholm
08/11 – Loppen – Copenhagen
10/11 – Turmzimmer – Hamburg
12/11 – Hydrozagadka – Warsaw
13/11 – Kantine Am Berghain – Berlin
14/11 – Das Werk – Vienna
15/11 – Circolo Magnolia – Milan
16/11 – Komplex – Zurich
18/11 – Le FAT – Strasbourg
19/11 – L’Aeronef – Lille
20/11 – La Place – Paris
22/11 – Le Connexion – Toulouse
25/11 – Café Berlin – Madrid
26/11 – Razzmatazz – Barcelona

All tickets for Lord Apex’s 2023 tour are available to purchase here.