I dedicate this song to Miss Congeniality,’ Chance says as a caller to a slow jam radio show in his latest single.

“He wants to be a rapper ... me when I was a kid.” Chance upends expectations about what artists, ­especially hip-hop artists, can do. He streams his albums instead of selling them.

The single’s release aligns with Chance’s Star Line project, an interdisciplinary initiative that fuses art, music, and Black history. With “Quiet Storm,” Chance continues to push creative boundaries, ...