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Shatta Wale is a Dancehall and Highlife act. Their catalogue also touches Reggae. Their sound grew out of Fancy Gadam, Ebony Reigns, Wendy Shay and Vybz Kartel. Those roots explain a lot about how Shatta Wale arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Stonebwoy, Kwesi Arthur, Kuami Eugene, Demarco and Dexta Daps, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sarkodie, Jah Vinci, Davido, Kuami Eugene and Busta Rhymes, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Shatta Wale, reaching back through Fancy Gadam and forward to Sarkodie. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Shatta Wale connections
Shatta Wale grew out of Fancy Gadam, Ebony Reigns, Wendy Shay and Vybz Kartel, shares an orbit with Stonebwoy, Kwesi Arthur, Kuami Eugene and Demarco, went on to shape Sarkodie, Jah Vinci, Davido and Kuami Eugene. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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