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Waka Flocka Flame

Trap
Trap

Waka Flocka Flame is a Trap act. Their sound grew out of Big Gigantic, Young Thug, Gucci Mane, Mike WiLL Made-It and Day69: Graduation Day. Those roots explain a lot about how Waka Flocka Flame arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Young Jeezy, Project Pat, Migos, Yung Joc and Ace Hood, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Young Thug, Rap God, Pink Friday 2, Neon Hitch and French Montana, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 48 connections around Waka Flocka Flame, reaching back through Big Gigantic and forward to Young Thug. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Waka Flocka FlameBig GiganticYoung ThugGucci ManeMike WiLL Made-ItDay69: Graduation Day1017 RecordsTM88MaejorYoung ThugRap GodPink Friday 2Neon HitchFrench MontanaH•A•MComethazineWhitearmorYoung JeezyProject PatMigosYung JocAce HoodCrime MobLudacrisFrench Montana

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Waka Flocka Flame connections

Waka Flocka Flame grew out of Big Gigantic, Young Thug, Gucci Mane and Mike WiLL Made-It, shares an orbit with Young Jeezy, Project Pat, Migos and Yung Joc, went on to shape Young Thug, Rap God, Pink Friday 2 and Neon Hitch. 48 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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