The Birth of Trap Music’ chronicles the rise and tension of trap music, a subgenre of rap created in Atlanta and rooted in ...

Memphis native and Grammy Award-winning producer, author, and visionary Drumma Boy noted the significance of the project ...

T.I.’s The Birth of Trap Music fuses 808s with the reality of the streets- and a dark lesson in American history ...

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.

Gospel, funk and soul are all key elements that contribute to the gumbo that is Atlanta rap. It’s what makes the city home to innovative rap subgenres like crunk, snap and, of course, trap music — the ...

In this episode of the U-LAB podcast, Messiah discusses how he sings and raps about different topics beyond sex in his trap and hip hop songs. "El trap es la calle, no es solamente drogas y sexo," ...