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Who Shot Ya? is a Boom bap act. Their sound grew out of David Porter, Isaac Hayes, Mary J. Blige, Keith Murray and LL Cool J. Those roots explain a lot about how Who Shot Ya? arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Life Goes On and Ready to Die, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Junior M.A.F.I.A. and Living Colour, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 9 connections around Who Shot Ya?, reaching back through David Porter and forward to Junior M.A.F.I.A.. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"Who Shot Ya?" is a song by American rapper the Notorious B.I.G., backed by Sean Combs. Bad Boy Entertainment released it on February 21, 1995, on an alternate reissue of Wallace's single "Big Poppa/Warning". Its new B-side "Who Shot Ya", a revision of a track already issued earlier in 1995, was "controversial and hugely influential." Widely interpreted as a taunt at Tupac Shakur, the single provoked a "rap battle" between the two rappers, formerly friends.
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Who Shot Ya? connections
Who Shot Ya? grew out of David Porter, Isaac Hayes, Mary J. Blige and Keith Murray, shares an orbit with Life Goes On and Ready to Die, went on to shape Junior M.A.F.I.A. and Living Colour. 9 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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