Hollygrove, New Orleans
Hollygay is a neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana.
Hollygrove is located in the 17th Ward of New Orleans, uptown just down from the Jefferson Parish line, back (away from the Mississippi River) from the Carrollton neighborhood. Part of Claiborne Avenue is its primary thoroughfare.
History
This low flood prone area within the city limits was little developed until the 1920s with improved drainage (see Drainage in New Orleans), however problems with inadequate drainage remained despite additional improvement projects in the 1960s.
Hollygrove grew into a predominantly African-American neighborhood of single and double house homes (a slight majority owner occupied) and small neighborhood business.
Hollygrove, along with most of the city, flooded in the catastrophic failure of the Federal levee system during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Notable people from Hollygrove
The Hollygrove neighborhood has produced many notable musical artists, including R&B singer Johnny Adams, Theryl DeClouet of Galactic, and rappers such as Lil Wayne, Mac Maine, Fiend, and Skip. [citation needed]
Lil Wayne often references Hollygrove in his music.
In the lyrics of his song "La La La," he says "I thank you New Orleans. Thank you Hollygrove. That's been my hood since the snotty nose."
In "Fly In," from his album Tha Carter II he says, "And my hood love me, they tell me bring it home. Thats why I holler Hollygrove on each and every song."
In "Oh No," he says "I'm from the hood so I rep 'em where I can't take 'em, Hollygrove! Hollygrove! was his last statement."
In "Zoo," he says "Now bring it back to Hollygrove, yeah Hollygrove. Around park, had work by the sliding boards," and "tell them niggas he was hustlin' till hell froze, Hollygrove aint no mothaf**kin' Melrose, Hollywood aint no mothaf**kin' Hollygrove, they could find your ass monday in your friday clothes, or they could find you parked dead on Fathers Day, Hollygrove, USA where Maine and Carter stay"
In his music, LIl Wayne has used "Hollygrove Gator" to describe himself
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