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Watch Chance The Rapper Perform Kanye West’s “Waves” At San Diego Tour Opener

Chance the Rapper performs at the 59th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

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Last night was a big one for Chance The Rapper: The first show on his first-ever arena tour. During his show, at Valley View Casino Center (outside San Diego), Chance did a few of the tracks he's recorded with Kanye West amidst all his own songs. Chance co-wrote "Waves," from West's The Life Of Pablo, and he performed it last night, leading it right into a full-crowd singalong of "Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1." And he did his great verse from "Ultralight Beam" while standing on a hydraulic lift. Also, during his own "No Problem," images of parodized label logos flashed on the big screen behind him; "Wiener Music Group" was my favorite. Watch some fan-made videos below.

Yo @chancetherapper just performed his original version of Waves live WOW @TeamKanyeDaily pic.twitter.com/9DDEhQcPzZ

— Carlo Miguel (@MIGGGGA) April 25, 2017

https://youtube.com/watch?v=qFb0Mq9uV4Y

This tour looks really good! Chance has always been a great performer; it's exciting to see what he can do now that he has the mechanics of an arena show to play around with.

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