slayr plays the Aztec Theatre on Thursday, August 13. The Half-Blood Tour is his first time out as a headliner — 23 dates from August 1 through September 15, covering California, Colorado, Texas, the Southeast, the Northeast, and a London stop along the way. San Antonio lands mid-tour, between Denver and Dallas. The Philadelphia rapper has been building to this.
About slayr
He makes what his listeners call “maximalist digicore” — a genre that stacks trap, EDM, metal, and rap in a single track and finds melody in the wreckage. His 2025 breakout project Half Blood went viral on YouTube and earned him collaborators including Skrillex, underscores, and 100 gecs, a major label deal, and a spot in the XXL Freshman class of 2026. The follow-up, Bloodluxe, arrived in March 2026. slayr grew up in North Philadelphia, then the suburbs, and learned production through Discord servers and online communities — the kind of formation story that only makes sense after the internet reshaped how musicians actually develop.
The comparisons to Lil Uzi Vert and XXXTentacion are accurate but incomplete. The more useful frame is the digicore scene he came up in — artists like 100 gecs and underscores who treat genre as raw material rather than destination. The emotional directness in his writing sits against bombastic production; it’s the contrast that makes the songs work. Heading into this tour, the tracks to know are “Holding,” “The Sky,” “Demigod,” “Sloppy Joe,” “24/7,” and “Love Blur.” DJ egobreak supports all dates.
The Aztec Theatre
The Aztec Theatre sits on St. Mary’s Street in downtown San Antonio — a 1,477-capacity theater that’s become a reliable stop for national hip-hop and electronic touring acts moving through South Texas. For a first headlining run at slayr’s current moment, the Aztec is the right room: big enough to carry the sound, close enough to hold the crowd.
Tickets
Tickets are available through Ticketmaster. General on-sale begins Friday, June 26 at 10 a.m. local time. Artist presale runs Thursday, June 25 at 10 a.m.; venue and promoter presale opens Thursday, June 25 at noon. Show time: 8:00 PM.