◇ image via WikipediaJoey Bada$$
Joey Bada$$ is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Lee Bannon, Dyme-A-Duzin, Glass Animals, Nas and 2Pac. Those roots explain a lot about how Joey Bada$$ arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Kirk Knight, Isaiah Rashad, Denzel Curry, ScHoolboy Q and Ab-Soul, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kirk Knight, A$AP ANT, A$AP Twelvyy, Styles P and Maino, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 57 connections around Joey Bada$$, reaching back through Lee Bannon and forward to Kirk Knight. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Jo-Vaughn Virginie Scott, known professionally as Joey Badass, is an American rapper and actor. Born in Brooklyn, he formed the regional hip-hop group Pro Era in 2011, with whom he has released three mixtapes and formed the larger collective, Beast Coast the following year.
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Joey Bada$$ connections
Joey Bada$$ grew out of Lee Bannon, Dyme-A-Duzin, Glass Animals and Nas, shares an orbit with Kirk Knight, Isaiah Rashad, Denzel Curry and ScHoolboy Q, went on to shape Kirk Knight, A$AP ANT, A$AP Twelvyy and Styles P. 57 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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