Idk — born Jason Mills — unveils his long-awaited mixtape E.T.D.S. (Even The Devil Smiles), continuing a career that has seen him move fluidly between music, culture, and academia. From a standout NPR Tiny Desk performance to gracing the cover of GQ, speaking at Harvard University, appearing on MARVIN Magazine, and taking the stage at New York’s iconic DMX 55 tribute, his trajectory reflects an artist operating far beyond traditional boundaries.
Rooted in the raw urgency of ’90s and early-2000s mixtape culture, filtered through Black expressionism and shaped by his personal experiences navigating a fractured justice system, E.T.D.S. unfolds as a meditation on endurance, redemption, and renewal. The project is powered by .idk.’s own hands-on production alongside an expansive cast of collaborators including MF DOOM, Pusha T, DMX, RZA, Madlib, Kaytranada, No I.D., OGI, Joey Valence & Brae, Ratboy, Goldie, Conductor Williams, and others.