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Tyga is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Pete Wentz, Lauv, Macarena, Roddy Ricch and Offset. Those roots explain a lot about how Tyga arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Kid Ink, DJ Khaled, Big Sean, French Montana and Meek Mill, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into See You Again, Music to Be Murdered By, Dawn Richard, Skeme and ScHoolboy Q, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 63 connections around Tyga, reaching back through Pete Wentz and forward to See You Again. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Micheal Ray Stevenson, known professionally as Tyga, is an American rapper, singer, and actor. After several independent releases, he signed a recording contract with Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment, an imprint of Cash Money Records and Republic Records in 2008. His second album and major label debut, Careless World: Rise of the Last King (2012), peaked at number four on the Billboard 200, received platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and was met with critical praise. It spawned the Billboard Hot 100-top ten single "Rack City", as well as the top 40 single "Faded". His third album, Hotel California (2013), was met with trailing critical and commercial response, along with his collaborative album with singer Chris Brown, Fan of a Fan: The Album (2015).
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Tyga connections
Tyga grew out of Pete Wentz, Lauv, Macarena and Roddy Ricch, shares an orbit with Kid Ink, DJ Khaled, Big Sean and French Montana, went on to shape See You Again, Music to Be Murdered By, Dawn Richard and Skeme. 63 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Tyga
Sounds and acts that shaped Tyga.
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