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Stonebwoy is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Stay Jay, Jesse Royal, Amaarae, Shatta Wale and Isa. Those roots explain a lot about how Stonebwoy arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Black Sherif, Kwesi Arthur, Adekunle Gold, Kuami Eugene and Young Jonn, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Mutabaruka, Stormzy, Tems, AratheJay and Sean Paul, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around Stonebwoy, reaching back through Stay Jay and forward to Mutabaruka. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Livingstone Etse Satekla, better known by his stage name Stonebwoy, is a Ghanaian Afropop, Afro-dancehall and reggae musician from Ashaiman, Accra.
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Stonebwoy connections
Stonebwoy grew out of Stay Jay, Jesse Royal, Amaarae and Shatta Wale, shares an orbit with Black Sherif, Kwesi Arthur, Adekunle Gold and Kuami Eugene, went on to shape Mutabaruka, Stormzy, Tems and AratheJay. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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