Visualizing 'Control' Name-drops

What's this all about?

On the evening of August 12, 2013, rapper Big Sean released a non-album track called 'Control'. Kendrick Lamar cameoed on the track and in his verse he declared himself 'King of New York', called-out many popular rappers and effectively drove hip-hop lovers into a frenzy.



This site is an attempt at visualizing all the rappers name-dropped by both Big Sean and Kendrick Lamar in 'Conrol'. It was lovingly created in Brooklyn by Ricky Robinett. This visualization is built using d3.js using the chord diagram plugin inspired by Martin Krzywinski and Mike Bostock's beatutiful Uber Rides by Neighborhood visualization.