Chase B Is Taking Houston Culture Global With ‘Be Very Afraid’ Mixtape

Chase B Is Taking Houston Culture Global With ‘Be Very Afraid’ Mixtape

The Houston native details the making of his new mixtape, his rise to industry tastemaker, and Cactus Jack’s role at the nexus of H-Town’s modern rap renaissance.

Chase B Is Taking Houston Culture Global With ‘Be Very Afraid’

Long before he was soundtracking stadium tours as the trusted DJ and creative confidant to his childhood-friend-turned-global-superstar Travis Scott, Chase B was a Houston kid immersed in a culture that stretched from slab parades to space shuttles. “Everything is always kind of centered around NASA… that’s our unique culture,” he says on a surprisingly balmy January afternoon, recalling how that symbolism seeped into his worldview. Despite be…

Chase B Releases New Mixtape ‘Be Very Afraid’ Feat. Travis Scott, Big Sean & More: Listen

Over the years, Chase B has outgrown his label of just being Travis Scott’s DJ and has positioned himself as more of a curator of sounds. With his new project (which he’s clarified is not an album, but “a mixtape and curation of people and sounds that (he thinks) are dope”), he’s doing just that. Be Very Afraid aims to bring together superstars with newer voices and isn’t an album in the traditional sense. As well as superstars like Travis Scott…