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Toosie Slide is a Trap act. Their sound grew out of Cupid, Michael Jackson, Prince, Nas and Snoop Dogg. Those roots explain a lot about how Toosie Slide arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into Ayo & Teo, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 6 connections around Toosie Slide, reaching back through Cupid and forward to Ayo & Teo. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"Toosie Slide" is a song by Canadian rapper Drake from his commercial mixtape Dark Lane Demo Tapes (2020). Written alongside producer OZ, it was released as the lead single on April 3, 2020, through Republic and OVO. The song is titled after social media influencer, Toosie, who had previously helped the song go viral. A video was released alongside the song, showing Drake quarantined, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He also demonstrates the Toosie Slide dance in his Toronto mansion. The song debuted at number eighteen on the US Bubbling Under Hot 100 before debuting at number one on the main Billboard Hot 100 chart the next week, making Drake the first male artist to accomplish three number-one debuts.
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Toosie Slide grew out of Cupid, Michael Jackson, Prince and Nas, went on to shape Ayo & Teo. 6 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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