2012 was undoubtedly the year of the trap. No longer a niche sound, trap endured a renaissance as producers far and wide tried their hand at the style. What better way to get into it by taking some of ...

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 ...

Xavier Lamar Dotson, professionally known as Zaytoven, has become synonymous with the sound of modern trap music. From his early days experimenting on cassette tapes in a friend’s studio to producing ...

Atlanta, Georgia – the vibrant birthplace of trap music, a genre known for its gritty beats and streetwise lyrics is now home to a groundbreaking musical fusion that’s taking the world by storm. “Trap ...

The Roland-TR808 is the backbone of a lot of trap rap and EDM, and now the two genres are beginning to intersect. Credit: Joe Holmes In the mid-aughts a wave of steely-eyed southern rappers introduced ...

The introduction of the sad trap genre is the epitome popular culture evolving and reinventing pieces of itself to fit the youth’s changing perspectives, and though it still promotes questionable ...