◇ image via WikipediaRoxanne Shanté
Roxanne Shanté is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Marley Marl, KRS-One, Biz Markie and Boogie Down Productions. Those roots explain a lot about how Roxanne Shanté arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Boogie Down Productions, 3rd Bass, Schoolly D, Mantronix and Doug E. Fresh, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Dutchess, Salt-N-Pepa and MC Lyte, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around Roxanne Shanté, reaching back through Marley Marl and forward to The Dutchess. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Lolita Shanté Gooden, better known by her stage name Roxanne Shanté, is an American rapper. She first gained attention in 1984 through the Roxanne Wars, and was part of the Juice Crew. The 2017 film Roxanne Roxanne is a dramatization of Shanté's life.
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Roxanne Shanté connections
Roxanne Shanté grew out of Marley Marl, KRS-One, Biz Markie and Boogie Down Productions, shares an orbit with Boogie Down Productions, 3rd Bass, Schoolly D and Mantronix, went on to shape The Dutchess, Salt-N-Pepa and MC Lyte. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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- Heavy D & The Boyzartist
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