Comments on: New York City mapped by rappers' origins

By: Alexander Hu

Alexander Hu — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 17:09:00 +0000

Yeah the problem with thinking so NYC-centric and chopping off the rest of Long Island like it’s a rotten limb is that you leave out icons like Rakim, Chuck D/Flava Flav, and De La Soul. Show some love for Strong Island!!

By: Itsumishi

Itsumishi — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:06:00 +0000

I know that Tupac was born in Harlem, but it sure seems odd to have what is pretty much the face of the West-coast side of the East-coast-West-coast hip-hop rivalry on that map.

By: penguinchris

penguinchris — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 03:08:00 +0000

Anyone who has listened to Licensed to Ill knows this, of course, because they mention that in several songs :)

By: tkdgns

tkdgns — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:14:00 +0000

All the way from the slums of Shaolin

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Thu, 31 May 2012 20:38:00 +0000

I’m 54. I babysat Tupac once.

By: Quiche de Resistance

Quiche de Resistance — Thu, 31 May 2012 18:46:00 +0000

“Ayo, JFK aint in Brooklyn, and this street grid like all wobbly n shit.”

“Ease up bitch, ain’t no muhfuckin cartographer! That shit freehand!”

-New York mapped by rappers.

By: Slant

Slant — Thu, 31 May 2012 18:39:00 +0000

Zoom out a bit, add Chuck D, then republish or this map will be destroyed!

By: Rosin Ffield

Rosin Ffield — Thu, 31 May 2012 17:58:00 +0000

LoLoL -that’s reall cool & funny

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 31 May 2012 17:39:00 +0000

OK, so I see someone’s name in Bayside. Seriously, a rapper from Bayside? Nope, he’s from South Jamaica along with 50 Cent, his name is just in the wrong place. Whew!

By: knappa

knappa — Thu, 31 May 2012 17:12:00 +0000

I had no idea that Tupac was from Central Park.

By: Quiche de Resistance

Quiche de Resistance — Thu, 31 May 2012 16:50:00 +0000

MCA is from Brooklyn, he’s on there. I know Ad-Rock is from Manhattan, I think Mike D too.

By: Quiche de Resistance

Quiche de Resistance — Thu, 31 May 2012 16:42:00 +0000

53 here. I make no claims of being down.

By: Quiche de Resistance

Quiche de Resistance — Thu, 31 May 2012 16:36:00 +0000

“I can’t stand how they try to put in Staten Island just off the tip of Manhattan, like if they’re pretending Jersey isn’t way closer. I know it’s an inset, but still.”

“I know, so awful but what do you expect from a place with the north-south grid thirty degrees off true north!”

-New York rapped by mappers.

By: Quiche de Resistance

Quiche de Resistance — Thu, 31 May 2012 16:29:00 +0000

Maybe they’re just focusing on the five boroughs; no love for L.I. either (De La!).

By: Quiche de Resistance

Quiche de Resistance — Thu, 31 May 2012 16:28:00 +0000

Staten Island aint nuh’in ta fuck wit.

By: James Pascaleff

James Pascaleff — Thu, 31 May 2012 15:51:00 +0000

I didn’t realize so much of Wu-Tang clan was from Staten Island

By: kgb

kgb — Thu, 31 May 2012 15:50:00 +0000

Listen to some Action Bronson: “But I’m known to eat expensive lunches/From the farm right to the table/Aired straight right to the plate I doubt you could relate/Figs at the peak of their ripeness” & “About to cop the crib furnished/Wood burning brick oven shit with the furnace/Quattro formaggi/Big plate look like a lobster collage”

By: gizzardface

gizzardface — Thu, 31 May 2012 15:49:00 +0000

Where are the Beastie Boys? I thought they were from New York

By: malindrome

malindrome — Thu, 31 May 2012 14:49:00 +0000

Interesting how Brooklyn essentially ends in Flatbush. No rappers from Bensonhurst?

By: awjt

awjt — Thu, 31 May 2012 14:45:00 +0000

All I listen to is Wall Street Gangster Rap. Oh and a little Soho Gangster Rap thrown in too. I have my intern download new songs from the Apple Store while I’m over picking out a fine Chardonnay and a sack of mussels from Dean & Delucca.

By: awjt

awjt — Thu, 31 May 2012 14:44:00 +0000

That’s right, to hell with Jersey

By: peterkvt80

peterkvt80 — Thu, 31 May 2012 14:21:00 +0000

How many of those names do you recognise could be a good test of something, but I’m not sure what. My score was 10.

By: angusm

angusm — Thu, 31 May 2012 14:19:00 +0000

I’m shocked to see Lower Manhattan so under-represented. Are there no gritty hardscrabble gangstas growing up on the mean streets of the Financial District? More to the point, this also confirms that my Loisaida neighbors who rap noisily to themselves as they walk down the street are simply wannabes, and not incognito rap celebrities.