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Rodney Jerkins

Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&BDance-popElectronic

Rodney Jerkins is a Contemporary R&B and Dance-pop act. Their catalogue also touches Electronic, Gospel and Hip hop. Their sound grew out of Kirk Franklin, Vanessa Bell Armstrong and Teddy Riley. Those roots explain a lot about how Rodney Jerkins arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as James Fauntleroy, K-Young, Javier, Latif and TGT, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Mariah Carey, Ayumi Hamasaki, Kierra Sheard, Jax Jones and Blaque, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 37 connections around Rodney Jerkins, reaching back through Kirk Franklin and forward to Mariah Carey. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Rodney JerkinsKirk FranklinVanessa Bell ArmstrongTeddy RileyMariah CareyAyumi HamasakiKierra SheardJax JonesBlaqueFour TetTom AspaulBrandyJames FauntleroyK-YoungJavierLatifTGTWayne BradyKeisha WhiteMashonda

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Rodney Jerkins connections

Rodney Jerkins grew out of Kirk Franklin, Vanessa Bell Armstrong and Teddy Riley, shares an orbit with James Fauntleroy, K-Young, Javier and Latif, went on to shape Mariah Carey, Ayumi Hamasaki, Kierra Sheard and Jax Jones. 37 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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