◇ image via WikipediaScHoolboy Q
ScHoolboy Q is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of BJ The Chicago Kid, Tyga, A$AP Mob, SZA and Trinidad James. Those roots explain a lot about how ScHoolboy Q arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ab-Soul, Jay Rock, Vince Staples, Isaiah Rashad and Pusha T, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into 88rising, Ab-Soul, The Weeknd, Chance the Rapper and Jhené Aiko, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 60 connections around ScHoolboy Q, reaching back through BJ The Chicago Kid and forward to 88rising. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Quincy Matthew Hanley, better known by his stage name Schoolboy Q, is an American rapper. He began recording in 2007, and released his first two mixtapes, ScHoolboy Turned Hustla (2008) and Gangsta & Soul (2009) to local success. After signing with the Carson-based record label Top Dawg Entertainment, Hanley's debut studio album, Setbacks (2011) and its follow-up, Habits & Contradictions (2012) were both released to positive critical response; both also performed moderately on the US Billboard 200 chart as digital exclusives.
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ScHoolboy Q connections
ScHoolboy Q grew out of BJ The Chicago Kid, Tyga, A$AP Mob and SZA, shares an orbit with Ab-Soul, Jay Rock, Vince Staples and Isaiah Rashad, went on to shape 88rising, Ab-Soul, The Weeknd and Chance the Rapper. 60 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced ScHoolboy Q
Sounds and acts that shaped ScHoolboy Q.
Artists similar to ScHoolboy Q
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with ScHoolboy Q.
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