Earlier this month, Future found himself off the Billboard charts for the first time in over three years. He’ll most likely jump right back near the top when he releases the new music he recently ...

What is trap music? According to T.I., on the title track of his genre-defining Trap Muzik, it ain’t no album and it ain’t no game. Indeed, the origins of trap go beyond music — beyond even the ...

In a recent interview with Angie Martinez, T.I. said--among other things--that he created trap music. “There was no such thing as trap music prior to [T.I.]," he said. "No such thing. It didn’t exist.

It’s superhuge right now with the cool kids and it’s overrunning Soundcloud. Yet despite its growing popularity, a lot of people have one basic question … What the fuck is trap? Because of recent EDM ...

Trap music. It does not belong in a modern dance club filled with dubstep tunes and strobe lights. Trap music. It does not involve Waka Flocka lyrics strung throughout a dance remix. Trap music. It is ...

We spoke with Trap Music Museum co-founder William “Bem” Sparks and general manager Krystal Garner about honoring dirty south hip-hop. Hip-hop has been alive and well since the late '70s. Its ...

A genre? A movement? A key element of hip-hop? We explore the roots of the modern trap sound When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. All ...

When Vincent Desailly walked into the living room, he noticed the two television screens on the wall. One was tuned to Netflix’s Narcos, while its counterpart, nearly double in size, displayed six far ...

Learn the origins of trap music, its evolution from Southern US streets, why it connects with Nigerian listeners and find out how trap differs from rap. Trap gets thrown around so casually that almost ...