Saukrates thinks k-os and himself helped influence if not the world then at least Drake (from a 2014 interview) https://youtu.be/VlhfsrViWC0?t=97

This first video from k-os "Musical Essence" from 1993 really demonstrates the mixture of rapping and singing that was popularized later on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe0dqfHE6qU&ab_channel=tekniquethekingpin