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The Cool Kids

The Cool Kids is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Kenna, Chip tha Ripper and Mickey Factz. Those roots explain a lot about how The Cool Kids arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Sir Michael Rocks, Curren$y, Joell Ortiz, Mick Jenkins and Little Brother, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Boldy James, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around The Cool Kids, reaching back through Kenna and forward to Boldy James. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
The Cool KidsKennaChip tha RipperMickey FactzBoldy JamesSir Michael RocksCurren$yJoell OrtizMick JenkinsLittle BrotherBlu & ExileBluJay Electronica

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The Cool Kids connections

The Cool Kids grew out of Kenna, Chip tha Ripper and Mickey Factz, shares an orbit with Sir Michael Rocks, Curren$y, Joell Ortiz and Mick Jenkins, went on to shape Boldy James. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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