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Blaqbonez is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Amaarae, M.I Abaga, Kayso, Olamide and Kanye West. Those roots explain a lot about how Blaqbonez arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Young Jonn, BNXN, Wizkid, Olamide and Shallipopi, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Wizkid, Burna Boy and Oxlade, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Blaqbonez, reaching back through Amaarae and forward to Wizkid. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Emeka Akumefule, known professionally as Blaqbonez, is a Nigerian rapper and singer signed to Chocolate City.
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Blaqbonez connections
Blaqbonez grew out of Amaarae, M.I Abaga, Kayso and Olamide, shares an orbit with Young Jonn, BNXN, Wizkid and Olamide, went on to shape Wizkid, Burna Boy and Oxlade. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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