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Lupe Fiasco

Hip hop
Hip hop

Lupe Fiasco is a Hip hop act. Their sound grew out of JAY-Z, Spice 1, Ice Cube, Nas and Curtis Mayfield. 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 J. Cole, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Austin Brown, Skylar Grey, Wale, N.E.R.D. and BROCKHAMPTON, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 75 connections around Lupe Fiasco, reaching back through JAY-Z and forward to Austin Brown. 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 FiascoJAY-ZSpice 1Ice CubeNasCurtis MayfieldThe NeptunesJill ScottPharrell WilliamsAustin BrownSkylar GreyWaleN.E.R.D.BROCKHAMPTONSelfTheFatRatVic MensaAb-SoulJoey Bada$$Big K.R.I.T.Talib KweliJ. ColeBlu & ExileJAY-ZMos Def

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Lupe Fiasco connections

Lupe Fiasco grew out of JAY-Z, Spice 1, Ice Cube and Nas, shares an orbit with Ab-Soul, Joey Bada$$, Big K.R.I.T. and Talib Kweli, went on to shape Austin Brown, Skylar Grey, Wale and N.E.R.D.. 75 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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