Sampa the Great, the Zambia-born rapper and songwriter raised in Botswana, fuses hip-hop, soul, and R&B with Zambian zamrock grooves and Afrobeat polyrhythms, crafting panoramic soundscapes of diaspora, self-reclamation, and cultural pride.
Her debut The Return reclaimed African roots amid…
13 roots·7 legacies
Roots trace the artists and scenes that shaped Sampa the Great; legacies follow the artists carrying those ideas forward. The names below are the most-mentioned direct connections in the graph.
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Lauryn Hill, Hiatus Kaiyote, 2Pac, Angélique Kidjo + 9 more
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5 releases·2015-2022
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2017