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Spragga Benz

Spragga Benz is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Mavado, Lorna Bennett, General Levy and Buju Banton. Those roots explain a lot about how Spragga Benz arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as General Degree, Mad Cobra, Bounty Killer, Beenie Man and Red Rat, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Swizz Beatz, Shannon, Shabba Ranks, Smoke DZA and Nas, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 41 connections around Spragga Benz, reaching back through Mavado and forward to Swizz Beatz. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Carlton Errington Grant, better known by his stage name Spragga Benz, is a Jamaican dancehall singer.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Spragga BenzMavadoLorna BennettGeneral LevyBuju BantonSwizz BeatzShannonShabba RanksSmoke DZANasKardinal OffishallBen E. KingWyclef JeanGeneral DegreeMad CobraBounty KillerBeenie ManRed RatTerror FabulousElephant ManNinjaman

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Spragga Benz connections

Spragga Benz grew out of Mavado, Lorna Bennett, General Levy and Buju Banton, shares an orbit with General Degree, Mad Cobra, Bounty Killer and Beenie Man, went on to shape Swizz Beatz, Shannon, Shabba Ranks and Smoke DZA. 41 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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