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MC Solaar is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Afrika Bambaataa, Cymande and De La Soul. Those roots explain a lot about how MC Solaar arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Fonky Family, Doc Gynéco, Alliance Ethnik, 113 and Nuttea, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into DJ Mehdi, Cut Killer, Kery James, Ménélik and Cassius, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around MC Solaar, reaching back through Afrika Bambaataa and forward to DJ Mehdi. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Claude Honoré M'Barali, professionally known as MC Solaar, is a French rapper of Senegalese and Chadian origin. He is one of France's most famous and influential hip hop artists. Some consider him the best French rapper of all time.
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MC Solaar connections
MC Solaar grew out of Afrika Bambaataa, Cymande and De La Soul, shares an orbit with Fonky Family, Doc Gynéco, Alliance Ethnik and 113, went on to shape DJ Mehdi, Cut Killer, Kery James and Ménélik. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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