Discovered this map thanks to a co-worker who showed me Strange Maps (I love working in a library with other nerds!). It’s a visual representation of Ludacris’s song ‘Area Codes’ (Click for full-sized version). The designer, Stephanie Gray, speaks about it below:
“In this song, Ludacris brags about the area codes where he knows women, whom he refers to as ‘hoes,’” says Ms Gray, who plotted out all the area codes mentioned in this song on a map of the United States. She arrived at some interesting conclusions as to the locations of this rapper’s preferred female companionship:
- “Ludacris heavily favors the East Coast to the West, save for Seattle, San Francisco, Sacramento, and Las Vegas.”
- “Ludacris travels frequently along the Boswash corridor.”
- “There is a ‘ho belt‘ phenomenon nearly synonymous with the ‘Bible Belt’.”
- “Ludacris has hoes in the entire state of Maryland.”
- “Ludacris has a disproportionate ho-zone in rural Nebraska. He might favor white women as much as he does black women, or perhaps, girls who farm.”
- “Ludacris’s ideal ‘ho-highway’ would be I-95.”
- “Ludacris has hoes in the Midway and Wake Islands. Only scientists are allowed to inhabit the Midway Islands, and only military personnel may inhabit the Wake Islands. Draw your own conclusion.”
The Ho-Highway reminds me of that skanky Maxim Roadtrip bus that’s been parked in front of Oxford’s abandoned Wal-Mart for the past few months. And who ever said rap music can’t be educational?
