Kabaka Pyramid’s next stop is Tacoma, which his own tour post lists under California. The city sits in Washington, a slip that gives away how fast things are moving on the road right now.
The Kingston artist took to Facebook to announce that Week 2 of the Rebel Music Experience is underway.
He opened the post with a simple “Ready! 🔥” and called the first week a big success. If he’s this fired up a week in, the run is clearly off to a good start.
This week’s stretch hits six towns: Taos, New Mexico; Boulder, Colorado; Salt Lake City, Utah; Chico and Arcata in California; and Tacoma.
Tickets are available through kabakapmusic.com/tour, and he’s pushing the run with the #RebelMusicTour hashtag.
The routing is the most interesting part. This isn’t a sweep of big-city arenas. It’s a winding path through mountain towns and college towns, places where roots reggae has long held a loyal crowd that doesn’t depend on radio play.
Arcata stands out. It’s in Humboldt County, home of the long-running Reggae on the River festival, a region that has supported conscious reggae for decades.
Boulder and Chico are college towns, so the audiences there will probably be younger and maybe newer to his catalog. That tension makes the route worth watching.
Some nights he’ll be playing to people who’ve followed him since the mixtape days, and other nights to curious students who found him through the Grammy headlines.
Those headlines matter. Kabaka Pyramid, born Keron Salmon, won Best Reggae Album at the 2023 Grammys for The Kalling, a record produced with Damian Marley.
That win moved him from respected lyricist to an artist who could book a multi-week U.S. run through secondary markets and expect people to show up.
Before The Kalling, he built his name with 2018’s Kontraband. He was also one of the leading voices of the Reggae Revival wave, alongside artists like Chronixx and Protoje.
That movement was about bringing roots, message music, and live-band energy back to the center of Jamaican music, and a tour called the Rebel Music Experience fits squarely in that tradition.
The name itself suggests a show built around the conscious, lyric-forward side of his work rather than a dancehall party set.
Longtime fans will likely welcome that. Newer listeners drawn in by the Grammy buzz may be meeting the deeper cuts for the first time.
The post doesn’t share setlists, guest appearances, or how many weeks the tour will run in total. It also doesn’t name venues for the six dates, so fans will need to check the tour page for details.
What’s clear is the pace. Six shows in a week across four states is a demanding schedule for any act, and Week 2 is only just starting. Where the Rebel Music Experience goes after Tacoma hasn’t been posted yet.
