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Mashonda

Mashonda is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Groove Theory, J Records and Swizz Beatz. Those roots explain a lot about how Mashonda arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Jeannie Ortega, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, Angie Martinez, Sean Garrett and Rico Love, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Cassidy and Monifah, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 14 connections around Mashonda, reaching back through Groove Theory and forward to Cassidy. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Mashonda Karima Dean is an American R&B singer from Boston, Massachusetts. In 2004, she married record producer Swizz Beatz and signed with his record label Full Surface Records, an imprint of J Records to release her debut studio album, January Joy (2005). In 2011, Dean joined the first season of VH1's reality show Love & Hip Hop: New York.

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MashondaGroove TheoryJ RecordsSwizz BeatzCassidyMonifahJeannie OrtegaLisa "Left Eye" LopesAngie MartinezSean GarrettRico LoveSterling SimmsLatifMelody Thornton

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Mashonda connections

Mashonda grew out of Groove Theory, J Records and Swizz Beatz, shares an orbit with Jeannie Ortega, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, Angie Martinez and Sean Garrett, went on to shape Cassidy and Monifah. 14 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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