The interactive graph below charts Jay Z’s partnerships with over 150 collaborators—producers, fellow rappers, and singers. This map offers a visual overview of artist birthplaces. Clicking on a particular album brings up a list of associated artists and producers.  Selecting the actual map or the list reveals the origins of that particular artist. Visualizing the birthplaces of various producers, rappers, and singers who have worked with Jay-Z offers insight into the geographic dynamics of his collaborations. These sorts of observations may explain how other geographic regions have influenced his sound and style.

The interactive graph below makes it possible to explore Jay Z’s work with several different producers. The blocks are arranged by the runtime with large boxes being longer songs than smaller ones. Hovering over each of these boxes will reveal the album, song name, and runtime of the track. Even though many artists contributed to the production of Jay Z’s albums, this chart visualizes 7 producers who routinely worked with the rapper on various projects, and producers who worked on special projects with Jay Z.