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BJ The Chicago Kid is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of A Seat at the Table, Mary Mary, Stevie Wonder, Lil Durk and Hermitude. Those roots explain a lot about how BJ The Chicago Kid arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Musiq, Lucky Daye, Raheem DeVaughn, Rapsody and Alex Isley, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into ScHoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock and Freddie Gibbs, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 44 connections around BJ The Chicago Kid, reaching back through A Seat at the Table and forward to ScHoolboy Q. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Bryan James Sledge, better known by his stage name BJ the Chicago Kid, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Chicago, Sledge is best known for frequently collaborating with Top Dawg Entertainment recording artists Schoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, Kendrick Lamar, and Jay Rock. He has also worked with several other prominent rappers, such as Freddie Gibbs, Warren G, Nekfeu, Chance the Rapper, Big K.R.I.T., GLC, Kanye West, Anderson .Paak, and Joey Badass, among numerous others.
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BJ The Chicago Kid connections
BJ The Chicago Kid grew out of A Seat at the Table, Mary Mary, Stevie Wonder and Lil Durk, shares an orbit with Musiq, Lucky Daye, Raheem DeVaughn and Rapsody, went on to shape ScHoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, Kendrick Lamar and Jay Rock. 44 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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