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Anthony Sammons Jr grew up listening to <a href="spotify:artist:6DPYiyq5kWVQS4RGwxzPC7" data-name="Dr. Dre">Dr. Dre</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:7hJcb9fa4alzcOq3EaNPoG" data-name="Snoop Dogg">Snoop Dogg</a> as well as <a href="spotify:artist:1ZwdS5xdxEREPySFridCfh" data-name="2Pac">2Pac</a> starting his love affair with hip hop but was balanced by a diet of East Coast artists such as <a href="spotify:artist:09hVIj6vWgoCDtT03h8ZCa" data-name="A Tribe Called Quest">A Tribe Called Quest</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:34EP7KEpOjXcM2TCat1ISk" data-name="Wu-Tang Clan">Wu-Tang Clan</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:20qISvAhX20dpIbOOzGK3q" data-name="Nas">Nas</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2yN6bq26wynQcRuPkBYTDb" data-name="Black Moon">Black Moon</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:5me0Irg2ANcsgc93uaYrpb" data-name="The Notorious B.I.G.">The Notorious B.I.G.</a>. As Anthony grew older, he was compelled to rap due to hearing <a href="spotify:artist:01QTIT5P1pFP3QnnFSdsJf" data-name="Lupe Fiasco">Lupe Fiasco</a> for the first time on <a href="spotify:artist:5K4W6rqBFWDnAN6FQUkS6x" data-name="Kanye West">Kanye West</a>'s "Touch The Sky" as well as the enigmatic rise of <a href="spotify:artist:0TkqXdyWLsssJH7okthMPQ" data-name="Jay Electronica">Jay Electronica</a>. This listening experience would lead him to be the astute analyst incumbent and the compassionate and callous lyricist that we know him to be today.