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JayDaYoungan is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Boosie Badazz, Gucci Mane, Chief Keef, Kevin Gates and Lil Wayne. Those roots explain a lot about how JayDaYoungan arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Quando Rondo, Pooh Shiesty, Lil Durk, YNW Melly and Foolio, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into YoungBoy Never Broke Again, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around JayDaYoungan, reaching back through Boosie Badazz and forward to YoungBoy Never Broke Again. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Javorius Tykies Scott, known professionally as JayDaYoungan, was an American rapper and singer. He was best known for his 2019 single "23 Island", which received double platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). After signing with Atlantic Records, the song was included on both his debut commercial mixtape Misunderstood (2019) and debut studio album, Baby23 (2020)—both of which entered the top 50 of the Billboard 200. His second and third commercial mixtapes, Endless Pain (2019) and 23 Is Back (2021), were released before his death on July 27, 2022, when he was fatally shot by five unknown assailants.
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JayDaYoungan connections
JayDaYoungan grew out of Boosie Badazz, Gucci Mane, Chief Keef and Kevin Gates, shares an orbit with Quando Rondo, Pooh Shiesty, Lil Durk and YNW Melly, went on to shape YoungBoy Never Broke Again. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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