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Soulja Boy

Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&BTrap

Soulja Boy is a Contemporary R&B and Trap act. Their sound grew out of Shawty Lo, Travis Barker, Trey Songz, Chief Keef and Travie McCoy. Those roots explain a lot about how Soulja Boy arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz, Cali Swag District, Crime Mob, Sage the Gemini and Juicy J, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into TisaKorean, DJ Smokey, Justin Bieber, Lil B and Riff Raff, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 52 connections around Soulja Boy, reaching back through Shawty Lo and forward to TisaKorean. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Soulja BoyShawty LoTravis BarkerTrey SongzChief KeefTravie McCoyLil MamaBlack BeatlesI Am Not a Human Bei…TisaKoreanDJ SmokeyJustin BieberLil BRiff RaffMigosTay-KPurity RingLil Jon & The East S…Cali Swag DistrictCrime MobSage the GeminiJuicy JYung JocGorilla ZoeNew Boyz

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Soulja Boy connections

Soulja Boy grew out of Shawty Lo, Travis Barker, Trey Songz and Chief Keef, shares an orbit with Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz, Cali Swag District, Crime Mob and Sage the Gemini, went on to shape TisaKorean, DJ Smokey, Justin Bieber and Lil B. 52 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Soulja Boy

Roots12

Sounds and acts that shaped Soulja Boy.

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Kindred21

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Legacy19

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