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Fat Boys is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Dweezil Zappa, Kurtis Blow, Roy Ayers, The Jackson 5 and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. Those roots explain a lot about how Fat Boys arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Doug E. Fresh, Heavy D & The Boyz, Roxanne Shanté, Kid 'N Play and Just-Ice, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Doug E. Fresh, Mary J. Blige, JAY-Z, Zap Mama and Sagopa Kajmer, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 38 connections around Fat Boys, reaching back through Dweezil Zappa and forward to Doug E. Fresh. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Fat Boys were an American hip-hop trio from Brooklyn, New York, who emerged in the early 1980s. The group was composed of Mark "Prince Markie Dee" Morales, Damon "Kool Rock-Ski" Wimbley and Darren "Buff Love" Robinson.
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Fat Boys connections
Fat Boys grew out of Dweezil Zappa, Kurtis Blow, Roy Ayers and The Jackson 5, shares an orbit with Doug E. Fresh, Heavy D & The Boyz, Roxanne Shanté and Kid 'N Play, went on to shape Doug E. Fresh, Mary J. Blige, JAY-Z and Zap Mama. 38 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Fat Boys
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