Inspired by Rob Harvilla’s mathematical dissertation on Mims’s “This Is Why I’m Hot,” and the similar exercises in graphed hip-hop here, I decided to try my hand at graphing some H-Town rap classics.

Matt Daniels has been making beautiful data visualizations at Poly-graph for a while now, but this might be some of his best work. Using Billboard’s “Hot Rap Songs” chart as a metric, Daniels (along ...

“Where Brooklyn at?” is no longer simply a phrase to garner automatic applause at live hip hop shows in the New York area. It’s a genuine cause of concern, as the use of the word “Brooklyn” in rap ...