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Summer Walker

Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B

Summer Walker is a Contemporary R&B act. Their sound grew out of Odeal, Poo Bear, 6lack, Elaine and Hunxho. Those roots explain a lot about how Summer Walker arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Mariah the Scientist, Jhené Aiko, SZA, Chlöe and Ari Lennox, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bakar, The Weeknd, Ari Lennox, Kendrick Lamar and Ciara, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 60 connections around Summer Walker, reaching back through Odeal and forward to Bakar. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Summer WalkerOdealPoo Bear6lackElaineHunxhoTylaDawn FMCity GirlsBakarThe WeekndAri LennoxKendrick LamarCiaraAlex VaughnSexyy RedVictoria MonétMariah the ScientistJhené AikoSZAChlöeAri LennoxElla MaiKiana LedéSevyn Streeter

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Summer Walker connections

Summer Walker grew out of Odeal, Poo Bear, 6lack and Elaine, shares an orbit with Mariah the Scientist, Jhené Aiko, SZA and Chlöe, went on to shape Bakar, The Weeknd, Ari Lennox and Kendrick Lamar. 60 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Roots16

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