ARMAND HAMMER w/ LORD JAH-MONTE OGBON at Motorco Music Hall
Schedule
Fri, 24 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Motorco | Durham, NC
—andmoreagain presents—Armand Hammer — Mercy North American Tour
w/ LORD JAH-MONTE OGBON
at Motorco Music Hall
Durham, NC
doors 7pm // show 8pm
$25 adv // $30 day of show
Tickets on sale now
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ARMAND HAMMER
For nearly a decade as a duo, and longer still as solo artists, Armand Hammer have left a palpable mark on modern rap and hip-hop. At turns both sharp-witted and soul-crushing, their lyrics unspool threads of socio-political, historical, and philosophical import with a potent blend of incisive critique, gallows humor, and narrative élan.
Mercy is the first Armand Hammer album since 2023's We Buy Diabetic Test Strips, a project that The Observer (UK) described as "an exceptional record that deserves your time and headphones" and The Line Of Best Fit deemed "their headiest and most impressive work thus far." On 2021's Haram, their first with The Alchemist, the duo "drag postcolonial wounds onto the examination table" (Pitchfork). Beats Per Minute called it "a tremendous success."
Earlier this year, billy woods released GOLLIWOG, "“a densely poetic, totally masterful tour de force" (Rolling Stone) and "one of 2025's truly essential albums" (The FADER). Meanwhile, ELUCID's "enthralling" (MOJO) 2024 album REVELATOR was described by Pitchfork as "soul food for those who know a better world is possible if we're willing to fight for it." The New York Times, in naming REVELATOR one of their Best Albums Of 2024, called it "a dense, overdriven, fiercely abrasive album that cranks up the tradition of Public Enemy’s Bomb Squad productions for 21st-century impact."
・Listen: open.spotify.com/artist/3SCI7sXHUZIeDKMWC5NT9C
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LORD JAH-MONTE OGBON
Charlotte, NC’s LORD JAH-MONTE OGBON announces As of Now, his debut album for Lex Records.
Across 17 tracks, OGBON shows less of the court jester of old, and more of an imperfect man reckoning with life’s pressures, past mistakes and heartbreak. The warts-and-all approach of the new music goes a long way to humanizing the hard-earned come up of an artist who has quite literally grown from blogging about local rap, to getting rave reviews from Pitchfork.
As of Now features guest appearances from fellow Charlotte native Deniro Farrar, plus BbyMutha, YL and Wild Recluse, with production by labelmate Chuck Strangers, iiye (Pink Siifu), Navy Blue, Dirty Art Club and others. The album builds on OGBON’s already-extensive self-released catalogue which includes the Navy Blue-produced mixtape Beautifully Black and Pitchfork-endorsed I’ve Really Never Been Better.
“My auntie asked me what’s my path?” spits LORD JAH-MONTE on the new album, relatably referencing the crossroads he's at in his life as someone right on the cusp of rap stardom. "Recently I've been thinking more and more about what comes next in my life," the artist reveals.
Since emerging in the late 2010s, LORD JAH-MONTE OGBON has consistently lit up America’s underground rap scene and this is thanks to a refreshingly honest writing style. His brash, wry Redman-inspired storytelling continues on the new project. Its first single is titled “I’m Signed to Lex, Now I’m Up” – a name that mirrors what a big moment releasing a project on the label that once housed MF DOOM represents for LORD JAH-MONTE OGBON’s legacy. “I’m really driven by being able to level up and give my family more financial freedom," he hopes. And, if auntie asked what his path was right now, what exactly would the rapper say? Lord Jah-Monte Ogbon concludes: “Auntie: this rapping thing feels like it’s finally about to pay off!”
・Listen: lordjahmonte.lnk.to/AsofNow
Where is it happening?
Motorco, 723 Rigsbee Ave, Durham, NC 27701-2138, United States
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