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AKA

Hip hop
Hip hop

AKA is a Hip hop act. Their sound grew out of Professor and Ice Prince. Those roots explain a lot about how AKA arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Nasty C, Kabza De Small and Otep, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Fifi Cooper and Yemi Alade, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 7 connections around AKA, reaching back through Professor and forward to Fifi Cooper. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
AKAProfessorIce PrinceFifi CooperYemi AladeNasty CKabza De SmallOtep

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AKA connections

AKA grew out of Professor and Ice Prince, shares an orbit with Nasty C, Kabza De Small and Otep, went on to shape Fifi Cooper and Yemi Alade. 7 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced AKA

Roots2

Sounds and acts that shaped AKA.

Artists similar to AKA

Kindred3

Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with AKA.

Bands AKA shaped

Legacy2

Where the influence of AKA travelled next.

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