JID's fourth studio album, God Does Like Ugly, follows his acclaimed 2022 project The Forever Story and marks a new creative and personal chapter for the Atlanta rapper.

Commercial success

• Debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200 chart, marking the biggest commercial debut of JID's career to date.

• Achieved 32,000 equivalent album units in its first week of release.

• Earned RIAA Gold certification and set a personal record with 8.8 million Spotify streams on its opening day.

Cultural impact

• Supported by the nearly 70-date "God Does Like World Tours" spanning North America, Europe, the UK, and Australasia from October 2025 through May 2026, with support from Young Nudy, Mick Jenkins, and Jordan Ward.

• The album extends Southern rap’s tradition of exposing the struggles of young Black men below the Mason-Dixon, drawing critical attention for its narrative depth and social commentary.

• Features high-profile collaborations with Clipse, Vince Staples, Earthgang, and Ciara, further cementing JID’s influence within the contemporary hip-hop landscape.

Critical response

• Rolling Stone praised the album's "meticulous narrative cohesion" and JID's ability to balance "the promised salvation of Christianity with the grit of Atlanta’s reality," noting that "the album really shines when JID juxtaposes the promised salvation of Christianity with the grit of Atlanta’s reality." Read full review

• Paste Magazine observed that while "moments of brilliance flair on God Does Like Ugly, even if they fail to coalesce on the record as a singularly great body of work," the album "deserves accolades as what will inevitably be one of the strongest major label rap efforts of the year." Read full review