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Jehst is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Hood, Catching Flies, Sonnyjim, Jam Baxter and Task Force. Those roots explain a lot about how Jehst arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Foreign Beggars, Lewis Parker, Akala, Lowkey and Army of the Pharaohs, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Verb T, Foreign Beggars, Loyle Carner and Genesis, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Jehst, reaching back through Hood and forward to Verb T. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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William G. Shields, better known by his stage name Jehst, is an English rapper and co-founder of hip hop label YNR Productions.
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Jehst connections
Jehst grew out of Hood, Catching Flies, Sonnyjim and Jam Baxter, shares an orbit with Foreign Beggars, Lewis Parker, Akala and Lowkey, went on to shape Verb T, Foreign Beggars, Loyle Carner and Genesis. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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