In 2003, T.I. and other Atlanta rappers created new subgenre of rap: trap music. Twenty years later, its influence is everywhere. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: About two minutes into the song, "Y'all Scared," ...
The Birth of Trap Music’ chronicles the rise and tension of trap music, a subgenre of rap created in Atlanta and rooted in ...
In 2015, Jorge Fonseca, a veteran A&R for Sony Music Latin, made a trip to Puerto Rico in search of new sounds. “When you go to the island, the streets speak to you,” he tells Rolling Stone. “You hear ...
Just because Brian Tyree Henry plays Paper Boi, a budding rapper in the FX series Atlanta, doesn’t mean that he actually knows trap music IRL. Suggested Reading Prince’s Best Performances, In ...
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 ...