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Tank and the Bangas is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Ibrahim Maalouf, Nicki Minaj and Austin Brown. Those roots explain a lot about how Tank and the Bangas arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Alex Isley, Phony Ppl, Dua Saleh, BJ The Chicago Kid and Jamila Woods, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Tank and the Bangas, reaching back through Ibrahim Maalouf. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Tank and the Bangas is an American musical group based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The band won the 2017 NPR Tiny Desk Contest and in November 2019, they were nominated in the Best New Artist category for the 2020 Grammy Awards. They have released three studio albums, Thinktank (2013), Green Balloon (2019), and Red Balloon (2022). In 2025, they won their first Grammy for the 2024 album, The Heart, The Mind, The Soul for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album.
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Tank and the Bangas connections
Tank and the Bangas grew out of Ibrahim Maalouf, Nicki Minaj and Austin Brown, shares an orbit with Alex Isley, Phony Ppl, Dua Saleh and BJ The Chicago Kid. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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