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IAMDDB is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Nat King Cole, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey and Bob Marley. Those roots explain a lot about how IAMDDB arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Greentea Peng, Pip Millett, Masego, JGRREY and BLK ODYSSY, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bryson Tiller, Lauryn Hill and Jhené Aiko, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around IAMDDB, reaching back through Nat King Cole and forward to Bryson Tiller. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Diana Adelaide Rocha De Brito, known professionally as IAMDDB, is an Angolan-Portuguese rapper and singer based in Manchester, United Kingdom. IAMDDB has released three EPs and three mixtapes as of 2021 and was listed number three on BBC Sound of 2018.
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IAMDDB connections
IAMDDB grew out of Nat King Cole, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey and Bob Marley, shares an orbit with Greentea Peng, Pip Millett, Masego and JGRREY, went on to shape Bryson Tiller, Lauryn Hill and Jhené Aiko. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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