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Kirk Knight is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Mick Jenkins, Joey Bada$$ and Powers Pleasant. Those roots explain a lot about how Kirk Knight arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Joey Bada$$, Capital STEEZ, Powers Pleasant, The Underachievers and Statik Selektah, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Joey Bada$$ and A$AP Ferg, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Kirk Knight, reaching back through Mick Jenkins and forward to Joey Bada$$. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Kirlan Labarrie, better known by his stage name Kirk Knight, is an American record producer, rapper and member of the hip hop collective Pro Era. His debut album, Late Knight Special (2015), was released by Cinematic Music Group. On July 21, 2017, he released a collaborative project with fellow Pro Era member Nyck Caution, Nyck @ Knight, supported by the single"Off the Wall".
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Kirk Knight connections
Kirk Knight grew out of Mick Jenkins, Joey Bada$$ and Powers Pleasant, shares an orbit with Joey Bada$$, Capital STEEZ, Powers Pleasant and The Underachievers, went on to shape Joey Bada$$ and A$AP Ferg. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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