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As I started listening to Hip-Hop more recently, Kendrick was an artist that 'introduced' me to the genre. Kendrick Lamar is an American Rapper from Compton. I really like the flow of his lyrics, how introspective they are as well as how 'real' they all felt, like nothing was held back. I was also really impressed by his flow, as well as the way he manipulates his vocals in songs to create a unique feel for each song. For example, the way he raps on the song Alright (Lamar, 2015) is very in your face, but feels like giving a pep talk to a good friend about life, which is very different to the way he raps in Love (Lamar, 2017)

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2pac (Tupac) is an American rapper from New York. Kendrick Lamar has said on an apple music interview that growing up he had listened to a lot of 2pac, and in an interview on the Ricky Smiley show, he had said the he's a mixture of Tupac, Korrupt and (Ice)Cube (Lamar 2013). Kendrick's love for Tupac also showed in an interview with Variety, saying "Tupac inspired me, just the simple way how he put the words together, you felt the passion behind him."

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Eminem, real name Marshall Bruce Mathers III, is an American Rapper, songwriter and producer. On an interview with apple music, Kendrick had stated Eminem as one of his biggest influence, and in an interview with SouthPawers, Kendrick calls Eminem an "Insane, traumatical genius" (Lamar 2015)

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JayZ is an American Hip Hop artist from New York City. Kendrick had said on an interview with apple music that JayZ was one of his biggest influences growing up, and that in his early days he 'wanted JayZ's conversational type of word play where he was engagin in a story or just having fun'. (Lamar 2017)

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Tyler, The Creator is an American rapper and fashion designer. I really like the unique sounding instrumentals he makes, with many songs having a slower and more relaxed feel, while also able to generate memorable and fun lyrics. I like how Tyler focuses a lot more on proper chord progression and layered long held notes in his songs that help to create the relaxed feel. A favourite song of mine from Tyler, The Creator is Wharf Talk (2023). I like the relaxed feeling of the sound but the still fun drum beat that allows him and A$AP Rocky to provide fun lyrics over top but geniune lyrics over the top.

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Zhane is an American RnB duo from the 90's. In an interview with Nardwuar, Tyler had said that he loves the duo and 90's RnB in general. He also said in the interview that his album 'Wolf' was heavily inspired by them and Rnb songs from the 90's era (Tyler, The Creator 2015).

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Pharrell Williams is an American singer/songwriter and producer. Tyler the creator is a very big fan of Pharrell, and his work as part of Neptunes. In an interview with Mass Appeal, the interviewer asks Tyler how Pharrell's music influences his music, to which tyler responds "It's fun. You can be whoever you want", which is an attitude that really shows in Tyler's own music with his unique sounding songs and approach to lyrics

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Brandy is an American Singer/Songwriter from the 90's. When Tyler was asked in an apple music interview about how and why he places an emphasis on chords, one of Brandy's songs "Always on my mind" was referenced as a track that Tyler thinks about when making new songs.