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Ravyn Lenae

Ravyn Lenae is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Fancy That, Rusowsky, Smino, Steve Lacy and Fousheé. Those roots explain a lot about how Ravyn Lenae arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Natanya, Joyce Wrice, Ari Lennox, The Internet and Raveena, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Steve Lacy, Smino, Mick Jenkins, Jean Deaux and Kaytranada, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 51 connections around Ravyn Lenae, reaching back through Fancy That and forward to Steve Lacy. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Ravyn Lenae Washington is an American singer and songwriter from Chicago, currently signed to Atlantic Records and the Three Twenty Three Music Group. She is also a member of the musical collective Zero Fatigue. Her debut EP, Moon Shoes, was released independently in 2015 and later reissued by Atlantic Records in 2016. Her follow up EP, Midnight Moonlight, was released in 2017. She has performed at several music festivals and in 2017 toured with SZA on her Ctrl Tour and Noname on her Telefone Tour. Her discography blends elements of "R&B, pop, dance, rock, Afrobeats and reggae", according to Billboard.

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Ravyn LenaeFancy ThatRusowskySminoSteve LacyFousheéJ*DaVeYSangoJorja SmithSteve LacySminoMick JenkinsJean DeauxKaytranadaFousheéMerebaSangoNatanyaJoyce WriceAri LennoxThe InternetRaveenaChloe x HalleFana HuesJae Stephens

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Ravyn Lenae grew out of Fancy That, Rusowsky, Smino and Steve Lacy, shares an orbit with Natanya, Joyce Wrice, Ari Lennox and The Internet, went on to shape Steve Lacy, Smino, Mick Jenkins and Jean Deaux. 51 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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