A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie’s September stop at KeyBank Center is the kind of booking that says something plainly about where Julius Dubose stands in 2026: headlining a 19,200-seat arena in downtown Buffalo, with a three-act supporting bill — DaBaby, Zeddy Will, and JI The Prince — capping a tour that has been running since February. The Bronx native started the decade building out his own Highbridge the Label imprint. He finishes it filling rooms that also host the Buffalo Sabres.
About A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie
Dubose — who borrowed his stage name from the character Ace Boogie in the 2002 film Paid in Full — signed with Atlantic Records in July 2016 after opening for Drake and Future on the Summer Sixteen Tour. That exposure helped push his 2017 debut, The Bigger Artist, to number four on the Billboard 200, and the album’s lead single “Drowning,” featuring Kodak Black, eventually earned a diamond RIAA certification — a rare distinction that reflects the track’s stubborn longevity on streaming platforms well past its release cycle. A year later, Hoodie SZN entered the Billboard 200 at number one.
The catalog since has grown steadily: Artist 2.0 (2020), Me vs. Myself (2022), and Better Off Alone in May 2024, the latter debuting at number 18 on the Billboard 200 and number five on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, with features from Young Thug, Future, and Lil Durk among others. Four of his albums hold RIAA platinum certification. Beyond music, Dubose has added a voice acting credit to his résumé with Disney+’s The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder.
The 2026 run — twelve dates stretching from February through September — includes stops in Albany and Syracuse before closing out in Buffalo.
About KeyBank Center
KeyBank Center occupies One Seymour H. Knox III Plaza in downtown Buffalo, a 19,200-capacity indoor arena that is the full-time home of the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres. A booking of this scale reflects a notable moment for hip-hop in western New York, where arena-level shows in this genre are not a weekly occurrence.
Tickets & Pricing
A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie plays KeyBank Center on Friday, September 18, 2026 at 8:00 PM. A presale begins June 17, 2026 at 10:00 AM EDT. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster.