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Skepta

Skepta is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of iLoveMakonnen, Headie One, Face, Sigma and Jae5. Those roots explain a lot about how Skepta arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Giggs, AJ Tracey, Stormzy, Dave and Ghetts, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bob Vylan, JME, Wizkid, Drake and Kanye West, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 48 connections around Skepta, reaching back through iLoveMakonnen and forward to Bob Vylan. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Joseph Olaitan Adenuga Jr, known professionally as Skepta, is an English grime music MC, rapper, record producer, fashion designer, film director and DJ. Alongside his younger brother Jme, he briefly joined Roll Deep before they became founding members of Boy Better Know in 2005. With Boy Better Know, Skepta clashed with fellow MC Devilman for the video release Lord of the Mics 2, in what is remembered as one of the biggest clashes in grime history.

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Skepta connections

Skepta grew out of iLoveMakonnen, Headie One, Face and Sigma, shares an orbit with Giggs, AJ Tracey, Stormzy and Dave, went on to shape Bob Vylan, JME, Wizkid and Drake. 48 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Skepta

Roots20

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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Skepta.

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Legacy14

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