An energetic audience, chanting “Aye!” along to classical music, showed up in their best evening wear to see Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane Saturday night at Atlanta Symphony Hall. Gucci, the Zone 6 ...

Trap is the perfect crossover between EDM and hip-hop. In fact, this genre is responsible for some of music’s hottest artists, from T.I. and Waka Flocka to, more recently, RL Grime and Flosstradamus.

When 2 Chainz decided to name his upcoming album Pretty Girls Like Trap Music, he hadn’t stumbled onto anything new and profound. But truth be told, a lot of people live for the grungy beats and ...

Trap gets thrown around so casually that almost any rap song ends up wearing the label. You hear someone rapping over a beat with drums? That’s trap. A song has a heavy bassline? Trap. A rapper uses ...

The rising R&B songwriter has worked with Beyoncé and Pharrell, and steps out with her first single, a classic love song for a bad boy. A white Dodge Challenger with tinted windows speeds down an ...

Stepping to the front of the stage before a large crowd, the young woman introduced herself simply as “Boo.” Dressed in a colorful bomber jacket, jeans and glasses, Boo is short with a soft, ...

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.

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On Saturday, Zaytoven, Sonny Digital and Metro Boomin sat together for a hour-long conversation. Hosted by Red Bull Music Academy Festival New York, it was part of the “Trapped” edition of their ...

One of the most important narratives in contemporary pop has been the emergence of Latin music as a potent commercial force in the United States. Between 2016 and 2017, the number of Spanish-language ...

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 ...