Colorbrewer: Color Advice for Maps. Random notes: geographer-at-large. Map Gallery. Polymaps. Infographic: A Map Of New York's Hip-Hop Heritage. Last week, Nicki Minaj unexpectedly pulled out of performing at Hot97’s Summer Jam festival here in New York. Her reason? A Hot97 DJ named Peter Rosenberg accused Nicki of selling out, peddling faux hip-hop with her crossover hit, Starships. Gender, race, and authenticity were all at stake. But the controversy also involved geography. Click to zoom. This new infographic from A Very [/quote]Small Array reinforces how important turf is in hip-hop, mapping dozens of the industry’s big names onto the five boroughs.
The graphic has generated a ton of controversy over on her site (Long Island deserves a look, Busta Rhymes is from Red Hook, etc.), but AVSA’s Dorothy Gambrell tells Co.Design that the idea is to show where rappers spent significant periods of time. So, like so many other artists who move to the city to “make it,” many of the biggest names aren’t native New Yorkers. Buy the poster here.