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CKay

Afrobeat
Afrobeat

CKay is a Afrobeat act. Their sound grew out of Mavo and Ayra Starr. Those roots explain a lot about how CKay arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Omah Lay, Fireboy DML, Ruger, Oxlade and Burna Boy, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Burna Boy, Olamide, Nora Fatehi, Ty Dolla $ign and Kuami Eugene, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around CKay, reaching back through Mavo and forward to Burna Boy. 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
CKayMavoAyra StarrBurna BoyOlamideNora FatehiTy Dolla $ignKuami EugeneFranglishDe la GhettoDavidoOmah LayFireboy DMLRugerOxladeBurna Boy1da BantonOlamideAdekunle Gold

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CKay connections

CKay grew out of Mavo and Ayra Starr, shares an orbit with Omah Lay, Fireboy DML, Ruger and Oxlade, went on to shape Burna Boy, Olamide, Nora Fatehi and Ty Dolla $ign. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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