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MC Eiht is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Val Young, Young Maylay and KRS-One. Those roots explain a lot about how MC Eiht arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Compton's Most Wanted, Mack 10, Too $hort, Above the Law and Snoop Dogg, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Spice 1, Brotha Lynch Hung, Snoop Dogg, Dam-Funk and Young Maylay, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around MC Eiht, reaching back through Val Young and forward to Spice 1. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Aaron Bernard Tyler, better known by his stage name MC Eiht, is an American rapper and actor. Many of his songs are based on his life in Compton, California. His stage name was partly inspired by the numeral in KRS-One's name. He chose Eiht for its links to "hood culture", including Olde English 800 and .38 caliber firearms. He is the de facto leader of West Coast hip-hop group Compton's Most Wanted, which also included fellow Compton-based rappers Boom Bam, The Unknown DJ, Tha Chill, DJ Slip, DJ Mike T, and Ant Capone. He is also known for his role as A-Wax in the teen crime drama film Menace II Society (1993), as well as voicing the character Ryder in the action-adventure game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004). He is also the co-host of the podcast Gangster Chronicles.
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MC Eiht connections
MC Eiht grew out of Val Young, Young Maylay and KRS-One, shares an orbit with Compton's Most Wanted, Mack 10, Too $hort and Above the Law, went on to shape Spice 1, Brotha Lynch Hung, Snoop Dogg and Dam-Funk. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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