Born In '88

23rd August 2010

Rap Maps: Plotting Juvenile’s “Noila Clap”

Thought I’d make a map of New Orleans to mark the five year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

“Nolia Clap,” off the album The Beginning of the End (2004), by Juvenile, Wacko and Skip is the unequivocal anthem for New Orleans and notes over a dozen locales. Explore the Big Easy as the Rap-A-Lot signees shout-out their favorite neighborhoods. Google maps allows you to take a look at the current status of each location, some of which include dilapidated buildings and foundations where homes used to stand.

As a result of Hurricane Katrina, many of the housing projects and neighborhoods featured in the song have been torn down, rebuilt or converted into mixed income developments. The Lower Ninth Ward, a historically black neighborhood with a sizable low-income population, was and still remains the most devastated area of New Orleans after the storm.

Inspired by a map of Sir-Mix-A-Lot’s “Posse on Broadway.”

18th August 2010

“Rap Maps: Plotting Jay-Z’s ’Empire State of Mind’ on Google”

*The creator spelled Knicks wrong—“Nicks” #fail

This is the inspiration for my next infographic. Stay tuned :)