Much of the discussion around producer-helmed rap albums favors the so-called boom-bap variety. Where fans clamor for their favorite lyricists to lock in with one producer, like Nas and Hit-Boy, Gibbs ...

Gucci Mane is the focus of a new documentary that revisits the disputed origins of Trap music and his former group S.Y.S.

I watched history unfold at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) on Friday (Sept. 19), and let’s just say trap music never looked more regal. Grand Marnier and multi-platinum rapper, Future, ...

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," ...

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 ...

Best friends Chris Moten, Cassius Jay and Devon “Stixx” Taylor are classically trained jazz musicians, who put a spin on the genre and turned it into trap jazz. The documentary film Trap Jazz shows ...

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 ...

Houston, Texas – It’s been two decades since Jeezy dropped Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101, the album that redefined Southern rap and put trap music on the map. Now, 20 years later, he’s revisiting ...

T.I. talks Trap Music and his key role in turning it into a musical genre. T.I. also offered his Mt. Rushmore of Trap Music: Trap Music originated in the Southern United States, particularly in the ...

Recently, there was a very public back-and-forth between Gucci Mane and T.I. about who invented trap music. The blow-by-blow has been well-documented, and it’s started a very public debate—some of the ...