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Lupe Fiasco

Hip hop
Hip hop

Lupe Fiasco is a Hip hop act. Their sound grew out of Mickey Factz, Curtis Mayfield, The Neptunes, Jill Scott and Pharrell Williams. Those roots explain a lot about how Lupe Fiasco arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ab-Soul, Joey Bada$$, Big K.R.I.T., Talib Kweli and Blu & Exile, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Skylar Grey, Wale, N.E.R.D., BROCKHAMPTON and Self, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 71 connections around Lupe Fiasco, reaching back through Mickey Factz and forward to Skylar Grey. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Lupe FiascoMickey FactzCurtis MayfieldThe NeptunesJill ScottPharrell WilliamsThom YorkeRihannaJusticeSkylar GreyWaleN.E.R.D.BROCKHAMPTONSelfTheFatRatVic MensaThe UnderachieversAb-SoulJoey Bada$$Big K.R.I.T.Talib KweliBlu & ExileJAY-ZLittle BrotherPusha T

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Lupe Fiasco connections

Lupe Fiasco grew out of Mickey Factz, Curtis Mayfield, The Neptunes and Jill Scott, shares an orbit with Ab-Soul, Joey Bada$$, Big K.R.I.T. and Talib Kweli, went on to shape Skylar Grey, Wale, N.E.R.D. and BROCKHAMPTON. 71 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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