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Watsky is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Grieves, Busta Rhymes, Anderson .Paak and Kate Nash. Those roots explain a lot about how Watsky arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Brother Ali, Hoodie Allen, Hilltop Hoods and Hopsin, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Josh Dun, Mac Lethal, Anderson .Paak, Stephen Stills and Chaos Chaos, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around Watsky, reaching back through Grieves and forward to Josh Dun. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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George Virden Watsky is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, poet, author, and illustrator.
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Watsky connections
Watsky grew out of Grieves, Busta Rhymes, Anderson .Paak and Kate Nash, shares an orbit with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Brother Ali, Hoodie Allen and Hilltop Hoods, went on to shape Josh Dun, Mac Lethal, Anderson .Paak and Stephen Stills. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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