Gucci Mane and T.I. have been embroiled in a tit-for-tat about who invented trap music for over a week. Gucci posted a flashback Instagram post commemorating the day he feels he invented trap music.

Trap is hotter than ever. From Georgia natives 21 Savage and Lil Baby to St. Louis squabbler Sexyy Red (whose braggy “Pound Town” brought the trap energy to a new generation on TikTok), the music has ...

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

From the outset, it’s clear that the rapper formerly known as Tity Boi (calling him this should be a requirement of pretty much any feature about 2 Chainz from now until infinity, by the way), had one ...

2 Chainz is receiving a ton of critical acclaim following the release of his highly anticipated Pretty Girls Like Trap Music album, and now the first week sales are in. According to Billboard, the Def ...

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 ...

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," ...

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 ...

Last March, the Puerto Rican singer Alex Rose released an EP titled Sexflix. Rose lifted unimpeachable melodies from R&B hits like Mario’s “Let Me Love You” and Ray J’s “One Wish,” but he made two key ...

On August 10, the Trap Music Museum officially celebrated its fifth anniversary by collaborating with Tiny Doors ATL for an event to highlight the intersection of music and culture. The event focused ...

A new course at the Georgia Institute of Technology is taking hip-hop and trap music beyond the labs. Joycelyn Wilson, assistant professor at Georgia Tech and the mastermind behind the new class, ...