“I don’t need the house lights!” yelled YoungBoy as he crouched in the center of the stage. As the arena went dark, the stadium lit back up with the glow of thousands of cell phones. Dressed in all white, the shimmer of his belt, the chain hanging from his jeans, and the pendant swaying from his neck caught the glow. When the chorus of “Lonely Boy” began, it was almost immediately drowned out by the voices of the crowd. YoungBoy had returned to Houston with his Make America Slime Again Tour.

The tour’s stop at Toyota Center on Saturday marked his first headlining run in five years after stepping away from the stage due to legal hurdles and personal challenges. Launched in Dallas at the beginning of September, the tour stretched across 45 arenas and highlighted YoungBoy’s reintroduction to

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