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Machine Gun Kelly

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Machine Gun Kelly is a Hip hop and Rap act. Their sound grew out of Avril Lavigne, Blink-182, Eminem, jxdn and Ludacris. Those roots explain a lot about how Machine Gun Kelly arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as mgk, Sueco, Call Me Karizma, Mike Shinoda and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into PK, Hailee Steinfeld, Iggy Azalea and MOD SUN, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 45 connections around Machine Gun Kelly, reaching back through Avril Lavigne and forward to PK. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Machine Gun KellyAvril LavigneBlink-182EminemjxdnLudacrisDMXParamoreOasisPKHailee SteinfeldIggy AzaleaMOD SUNmgkSuecoCall Me KarizmaMike ShinodaMacklemore & Ryan Le…Blink-182HopsinYou Me at Six

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Machine Gun Kelly connections

Machine Gun Kelly grew out of Avril Lavigne, Blink-182, Eminem and jxdn, shares an orbit with mgk, Sueco, Call Me Karizma and Mike Shinoda, went on to shape PK, Hailee Steinfeld, Iggy Azalea and MOD SUN. 45 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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