MediaShift Innovation Spotlight

BronxRhymes Uses Locality, Maps to Track History of Hip-Hop

by Megan Taylor

BronxRhymes is an attempt to raise awareness of the history of hip-hop in the Bronx, the northwestern borough of New York City where the musical style is thought to have originated. The history of hip-hop is illustrated through rhymes and plotted on an online map.

• February 4, 2009
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