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Popcaan

Dancehall
Dancehall

Popcaan is a Dancehall act. Their sound grew out of Tomahawk Technique, Lutan Fyah, Beres Hammond, magnom and Jorja Smith. Those roots explain a lot about how Popcaan arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as TeeJay, Dexta Daps, Aidonia, Gyptian and Demarco, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Too Good, Young Thug, AlunaGeorge, PARTYNEXTDOOR and Pusha T, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 51 connections around Popcaan, reaching back through Tomahawk Technique and forward to Too Good. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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PopcaanTomahawk TechniqueLutan FyahBeres HammondmagnomJorja SmithChronixxBobby ShmurdaOVO SoundToo GoodYoung ThugAlunaGeorgePARTYNEXTDOORPusha TOne DanceFrench MontanaPalmistryTeeJayDexta DapsAidoniaGyptianDemarcoSkengGaza SlimByron Messia

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Popcaan connections

Popcaan grew out of Tomahawk Technique, Lutan Fyah, Beres Hammond and magnom, shares an orbit with TeeJay, Dexta Daps, Aidonia and Gyptian, went on to shape Too Good, Young Thug, AlunaGeorge and PARTYNEXTDOOR. 51 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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