LUCKI’s BAD* Influence Tour makes its Houston stop on Thursday, September 17 at 713 Music Hall. The Chicago rapper has been building steadily since his underground Freewave days — careful, patient, never chasing — and Dr*gs R Bad, his new 26-track album released May 15, represents the most settled version of that work yet.
That’s the word on the new record: settled. LUCKI has been in his own pocket since 2013’s Alternative Trap, and Dr*gs R Bad doesn’t force anything beyond it. Trap foundations, bass-heavy drums, the floating melodic delivery he’s been honing for more than a decade. Standouts include “rookie 2 barbie” — described as his most energetic work to date — and “Can’t B Trusted” with Lil Baby. The album debuted at #15 on the Billboard 200; Flawless Like Me (2022) had peaked at #12, and S*x M*ney Dr*gs (2023) continued the commercial climb in between.
Houston has had an ear for this kind of rap for a long time. The hazy, introspective delivery over deep bass production isn’t Houston’s invention — LUCKI grew up on the West Side of Chicago, and his influences run through Earl Sweatshirt, Chief Keef, MF DOOM — but it sits comfortably in a city that spent thirty years perfecting the slow and low. The aesthetic overlap is real, even if the geography isn’t.
Support comes from SK8STAR on the Houston date.
About 713 Music Hall
713 Music Hall occupies the east wing of the former Barbara Jordan Post Office in downtown Houston — a federal building originally constructed in 1934, repurposed as a 5,000-capacity Live Nation venue in 2021. The architectural bones are intact: Cold War–era bomb shelters in the foundation, original postal signage preserved throughout, and NASA-inspired heat shields worked into the interior walls. It has become one of the more dependable mid-size touring rooms in the South, and hip-hop acts routing through the Gulf Coast have taken notice.
Tickets & Show Info
LUCKI at 713 Music Hall, Thursday, September 17, 2026. Doors at 8:00 PM. Tickets are on sale now.