Rise of Hiphop
A scene, seen through its projects.
- Type
- Data narrative
- Catalogue
- 29 artists, 111 sourced releases, 8 scenes
- Explore
- The records
The story
From the Bronx, across borders, closer to home.
The narrative follows hip-hop from a 1973 party in the Bronx to South Asia, through selected records, films and people. A changing map connects the neighbourhood to a wider world, then narrows into the scenes that give each place its voice. Routes on the map are schematic.
The disc
One disc. A scene at a glance.
The form of a record becomes a way to read a scene. Each black ring follows one artist, time moves counterclockwise on a shared calendar, and yellow, cyan and pink mark albums, EPs and mixtapes. Together they show stretches with few releases, clusters of new work, and the formats each artist returns to.
One artist
One voice within the scene.
Selecting an artist brings their projects into focus while the rest of the scene stays in view. Each release opens its artwork, date, format and source, turning an overview into a way to discover the music.
This is a selected release history, through 2024. Ring starts are documented anchors, not career beginnings, and band widths are for legibility.
The project
Find your way into a scene.
Follow the story, switch between eight scenes, or select an artist and start with a record.