LOS ANGELES, CA- The Delivery Boys came out kicking and screaming. LITERALLY kicking and screaming. From the first second they hit the Lodge Room stage, it felt like being dropped right into the middle of a Brooklyn block party. The energy was huge. Within a couple of songs, they had the crowd yelling back on cue, shouting “Delivery!” whenever the group called out “Boys!” They didn’t need to win the room over. They just took it.
There’s something kind of refreshing about a rap group that actually feels like a group. You can tell these guys have been doing this together for a long time. Every member brought their own distinct cadence, flow, and vibe, but somehow it all locked together perfectly. It wasn’t one guy dominating the mic while everyone else played backup. It felt like a genuine collective effort. And while founding member Max Gertler might have every right to take the spotlight, he almost seemed the most generous with it, giving everyone else plenty of space to shine.
Musically, their set pulled from a bunch of different corners of hip-hop. You could hear the old-school New York roots in the way they structured their verses and traded bars, but then you’d catch trap beats, rock elements, and even some modern genre-bending moments that kept things unpredictable. There was a lot of call-and-response happening, but it didn’t feel forced. The crowd was genuinely into it. It felt like the kind of show where you could show up not knowing a single lyric and still end up shouting along by the end.
Before they played “Landed in LA,” co-founder Goldwood gave a little speech that tied it all together:
“Four real life kids who used to work as delivery boys, that’s how we got the name. Motherfuckers usually broke as shit delivering sandwiches and shit. One day we picked up everything and we moved to LA. That’s how it all started. So we made a song about it.”
That kind of honesty… the whole “we really lived this” attitude… sums up what makes them so easy to root for. They’re confident as hell, but not jaded. You can still see in their faces that they can’t quite believe their recent success.
The group mentioned that their new album MUD had dropped just a couple days earlier, and they ran through several cuts from it with all the enthusiasm of a victory lap. Each track carried that same blend of clever wordplay, Brooklyn grit, and humor that’s become their signature. They’ve always been about balancing real-life stories with a sense of fun, and that energy came through loud and clear live.
They also made sure to shout out Pete & Bas, joking, “Just so you know, they’re sleeping back there, and we gotta wake ’em up. We gotta be reallllly loud.” The crowd obliged. It’s the kind of moment that perfectly captures why Delivery Boys were the ideal opener for this tour: they set the tone, cracked the crowd wide open, and made sure everyone was ready when the headliners came out.
If you trace their story, it’s kind of wild how far they’ve come. Founded in 2015 by Gertler and Goldwood, the group built their name off freestyle sessions, YouTube drops, and word of mouth around New York. Their early track “Pissed Off” featuring Rich the Kid broke a million streams and landed them on Pigeons & Planes’ “Best New Artists” list, but they’ve kept evolving ever since. From their collaborations with Y2K to their viral On The Radar freestyles over songs like Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida,” they’ve shown they’re not afraid to push boundaries or laugh a little at the absurdity of it all.
That’s really the thing about Delivery Boys: They don’t take themselves too seriously, but they take the craft seriously. At the Lodge Room, that balance came through perfectly. It was four friends having the time of their lives, riding the momentum of a breakout year, and inviting the rest of us to yell along.
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