Chance the Rapper Splashes Houston With Nostalgia For The Coloring Book 10th Anniversary Tour

Sep 22

Ten years after its release, Coloring Book still feels just as vibrant. Chance the Rapper brought the Coloring Book 10th Anniversary Tour to Houston for a night full of nostalgia, faith, and celebration. From beginning to end, the energy in the room was electric. This wasn't just an anniversary tour celebrating a project from 2016. It felt like a reunion for the fans who have been rocking with Chance for the last decade and even longer.

Louisiana native La Reezy opened the show and immediately brought a youthful energy to the stage. He had great crowd control, confidence, and a natural stage presence that kept the audience engaged. Opening for an artist with such an invested fan base isn't always an easy task, but La Reezy knew how to work the room and gave Houston a strong start to the night.

Then it was time for Chance. Before looking at the show itself, it's important to understand just how significant Coloring Book was when it arrived in 2016. The mixtape was a heavy-hitting project with an impressive list of features, including Kanye West, Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz, Young Thug, Lil Yachty, T-Pain, Future, Justin Bieber, Jamila Woods, and Kirk Franklin. The list goes on, but the features were only part of what made the project stand out.

You can hear just how much gospel music has influenced Chance's artistry throughout Coloring Book. Choirs, soulful arrangements, and messages about his faith live right alongside hip-hop production and records made to have a good time. That combination gave the project its own identity. Songs like “Blessings” and “How Great” showed that Chance could openly speak about God and his faith without sacrificing the sound and personality that made his music distinctly his.

Coloring Book also made history. Released as a streaming-only mixtape, it became the first streaming-only project to win a Grammy, making its impact extend beyond Chance's own career. A decade later, hearing the project live also serves as a reminder of how pivotal it was during that era of music.

Houston certainly hasn't forgotten it. From the moment Chance hit the stage, the crowd was on another level. Nearly every song was greeted with a roar, followed by an entire room reciting the lyrics in harmony. There are concerts where the audience waits for the artist to create the energy, but this wasn't one of them. Chance and Houston fed off each other all night.

He has a way of making performing look effortless. His stage presence is natural, his interactions with fans don't feel rehearsed, and he knows exactly when to let the audience take over.

One of the best moments of the night came during “No Problem.” Chance cut the music, and Houston picked up where it left off, rapping the lyrics bar for bar with no backing track. The crowd didn't miss a beat, and Chance looked genuinely impressed by what he was hearing. For those few moments, the roles completely reversed. Chance wasn't performing “No Problem” for Houston. Houston was performing it for him.

“All Night” was another crowd favorite and turned the venue into one big party. By then, it felt like everyone in the room was on the same frequency. People were dancing, rapping, and singing together, and that energy carried throughout the entire show.

Chance also made sure the night went beyond Coloring Book. He reached into other parts of his catalog for fan favorites like “Sunday Candy,” “I Might Need Security,” and “Cocoa Butter Kisses.” He also performed “Groceries,” bringing out TisaKorean to join him onstage, while “Ultralight Beam” fit naturally into a night where gospel and hip-hop continued to intersect.

That connection to faith is a huge part of what makes Chance's music feel authentic. Although he isn't technically categorized as a Christian rapper, he has never shied away from talking about his relationship with God. He doesn't separate his faith from the rest of who he is as an artist. It shows up naturally in his music, and hearing these songs live makes the gospel influence on his sound even more apparent.

There was also a genuine sense of appreciation between Chance and Houston. It was just last year, in 2025, that he chose Houston to kick off his Star Line tour, and throughout this show, he made it clear that he doesn't take the city's continued support for granted. Houston made it equally clear that the feeling is mutual.

More than anything, the Coloring Book 10th Anniversary Tour felt like a warm hug to the fans who have been there since the mixtape dropped, as well as those who have been following Chance since before it. It was nostalgic without feeling stuck in the past. These songs may be ten years old, but judging by the way Houston screamed every lyric, they haven't lost their impact.

Chance ended the night with an encore performance of “Same Drugs.” As confetti shot through the air and covered the venue in color, thousands of voices joined together one last time.

It was a fitting ending to a night centered around a project called Coloring Book: a decade later, Chance brought the color back to Houston, and his fans proved it never really faded.