Chance the Rapper spoke with the Houston Press ahead of his return to the city, where he will open his And We Back Tour at Bayou Music Center on Friday, September 26. The tour comes on the heels of Star Line, his first full studio album since 2019’s The Big Day, and Houston will be the first city to experience his newest body of work live.

“I’ve always considered myself more of a performance artist than a recording artist,” Chance said. “My favorite thing in the world is performing. When you get on stage, you can emphasize the parts that need to be emphasized, and you can dynamically shift. I feel like an orator when I’m up there.”

That sense of theatricality is what excites him most about performing new songs from Star Line . Tracks like "Letters" and "Drapetomania" have already

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