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Trap is a subgenre of hip hop music that originated in the Southern United States, with lyrical references to trap starting in 1991 but the modern sound of trap appearing in 1999. [1] [3] The genre gets its name from the Atlanta slang term "trap house", a house used exclusively to sell drugs. [4]
Apr 26, 2019 · The Origin of Trap Music . Although trap first gained traction in the 1990s, it wasn't until the early 2000s that it began to grow in mainstream culture. As we entered the 2000s, DJs started fusing crunk music with synths to produce the quintessential trap sound.
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Sep 29, 2021 · Undoubtedly, trap came together in what became known as the “Dirty South” in the early 2000s. Traces of the term and sound can be found in some hip-hop from the mid-’90s. In 1995, Atlanta-based hip-hop group Goodie Mob was one of the first on record to use the term “trap.” In rapper Khujo’s verse on “Thought Process” he says:
In 2013, a fan-made video of electronic trap producer Baauer’s track “Harlem Shake” became an internet meme, propelling the track to become the first trap song to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Five popular EDM trap producers performed at the 2013 Ultra Music Festival in the United States – Carnage, ƱZ, DJ Craze, Baauer and ...
Mar 15, 2022 · March 15, 2022. By. Sam Armstrong. Trap music began as a subgenre of hip-hop music mostly coming out of Atlanta, though the style, lingo, and instrumentation quickly proliferated to other scenes...
Dec 19, 2023 · December 19, 2023. Trap music, in essence, is rap music that describes life around the trap (for those of you not hip enough to know, that’s a house used for drug deals).
