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Chance the Rapper Releases His 1st Album in 6 Years With ‘Star Line’: Stream It Now

Lil Wayne, Vic Mensa, Joey Bada$ and more are featured on the new album.

Chance the Rapper Releases His 1st Album in 6 Years With ‘Star Line’: Stream It Now

Chance The Rapper

Keeley Parenteau

Chance the Rapper returns with his first album in six years with Star Line, which dropped on Friday (Aug. 15).

He dropped one single, “Tree” featuring Lil Wayne and Smino, ahead of the project’s arrival. BJ the Chicago Kid, Vic Mensa, Joey Bada$ and more are also featured on Star Line.


According to a press release, Star Line follows “Chance’s global journey, artistically, spiritually and physically, over the past six years. Created with longtime producer DexLvL and shaped by travels to Ghana, Jamaica and art fairs around the world, Star Line blends hip-hop, soul and experimental sounds with lyrical meditations on identity, resilience and legacy. While Chance has circled the globe in search of new perspectives, the project remains grounded in the worldview that has always defined his art: a deep, unshakable connection to Chicago and to Black culture across the diaspora.”

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Star Line arrives six years after his debut album, The Big Day. The 22-track project included many high-profile collaborators, including John Legend, Death Cab for Cutie, Megan Thee Stallion, Nicki Minaj, Shawn Mendes and SWV. The Big Day reached No. 2 on both the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.

In September, the rapper will embark on the And We Back Tour. The 15-date trek kicks off on Sept. 26 at Bayou Music Center in Houston, Texas, and stops in major cities including Atlanta, New York and his Chicago hometown before it wraps on Oct. 20 at Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles.

Listen to Star Line below.

This article was first published by Billboard U.S.

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