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Professor is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of DJ Maphorisa and Eva Alordiah. Those roots explain a lot about how Professor arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Rockamovya, The Itals, Khago, Natural Black and Omar Perry, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Zola, Speedy and AKA, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 14 connections around Professor, reaching back through DJ Maphorisa and forward to Zola. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Professor connections
Professor grew out of DJ Maphorisa and Eva Alordiah, shares an orbit with Rockamovya, The Itals, Khago and Natural Black, went on to shape Zola, Speedy and AKA. 14 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Professor
Sounds and acts that shaped Professor.
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