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Trap music is a polarizing style of HipHop originated in UsefulNotes/{{Atlanta}}, Georgia, that has gained large popularity over 2012 and 2013. Trap music started as an emergent style in southern rap characterized by heavy use of the Roland TR-808 drum machine (particularly its spare beats, sharp snare hits, and deep bass notes) and rhymes about the southern trap lifestyle, of which the genre is named for. The "trap" as it were refers to the drug-dealing lifestyle and the "trap" it can lead to if one isn't careful. Since the main appeal is the beat and vibe the song generates, lyrics are often thematic as a result, featuring sexism (misogyny mainly coming from the male rappers), what some view as "glorified violence" (which would then turn the genre towards horrorcore), drug dealing and use, frequent swearing (often to the point of entering ClusterFBomb territory), and a heavy use of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_Vernacular_English AAVE]]. Because of the latter point, some detractors view the lyrics as having "loads and loads of grammatical inaccuracies," [[UnfortunateImplications a highly controversial remark given AAVE's roots in the slave trade and the fact that most trap musicians hail from former slave states]]. Though a lot of trap music is upbeat and can be considered "turn up" or party music, all of this can also create a dark, slightly abrasive, and hedonistic vibe.

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Some major rappers like Music/KanyeWest, Music/NickiMinaj and Music/JCole also have experimented with trap style music, but they are not considered actual members of the genre.

Trap music peaked in 2017 with Migos hitting #1 on the ''Billboard Hot 100'' with "Bad and Boujee", thanks to a meme involving opening line "Rain drop, drop top". This opened the floodgates for "Boujee" collaborator Lil Uzi Vert, Kodak Black, Lil Yachty and Music/LilPump. This new generation of trap artists is characterized by their use of [=SoundCloud=] as a streaming platform, the triplet flow popularized by Migos and the interweaving of trap lyrics meme culture. These traits set them apart from earlier contemporaries. By 2019-2021, trap music had become mainstream, with many trap artists having no. 1 hit singles and top 10 success, a shocking feat for a genre that basically had a cult following only a few years prior.

Trap music peaked in 2017 with Migos hitting #1 on the ''Billboard Hot 100'' with "Bad and Boujee", thanks to a meme involving opening line "Rain drop, drop top". This opened the floodgates for "Boujee" collaborator Lil Uzi Vert, Kodak Black, Lil Yachty and Music/LilPump. This new generation of trap artists is characterized by their use of [=SoundCloud=] as a streaming platform, the triplet flow popularized by Migos and the interweaving of trap lyrics meme culture. These traits set them apart from earlier contemporaries. By 2020-21, trap music had become mainstream, with many trap artists having no. 1 hit singles and top 10 success, a shocking feat for a genre that basically had a cult following only a few years prior.

Trap music peaked in 2017 with Migos hitting #1 on the ''Billboard Hot 100'' with "Bad and Boujee", thanks to a meme involving opening line "Rain drop, drop top". This opened the floodgates for "Boujee" collaborator Lil Uzi Vert, Kodak Black, Lil Yachty and Music/LilPump. This new generation of trap artists is characterized by their use of [=SoundCloud=] as a streaming platform, the triplet flow popularized by Migos and the interweaving of trap lyrics meme culture. These traits set them apart from earlier contemporaries. By 2020-21, trap music had become all but mainstream, with many trap artists having no. 1 hit singles and top 10 success, a shocking feat for a genre that basically had a cult following only a few years prior.

Trap music peaked in 2017 with Migos hitting #1 on the ''Billboard Hot 100'' with "Bad and Boujee", thanks to a meme involving opening line "Rain drop, drop top". This opened the floodgates for "Boujee" collaborator Lil Uzi Vert, Kodak Black, Lil Yachty and Music/LilPump. This new generation of trap artists is characterized by their use of [=SoundCloud=] as a streaming platform, the triplet flow popularized by Migos and the interweaving of trap lyrics meme culture. These traits set them apart from earlier contemporaries.

Trap music is a polarizing style of HipHop originated in UsefulNotes/{{Atlanta}}, Georgia, that has gained large popularity over 2012 and 2013. Trap music started as an emergent style in southern rap characterized by heavy use of the Roland TR-808 drum machine (particularly its spare beats, sharp snare hits, and deep bass notes) and rhymes about the southern trap lifestyle, of which the genre is named for. The "trap" as it were refers to the drug-dealing lifestyle and the "trap" it can lead to if one isn't careful. Since the main appeal is the beat and vibe the song generates, lyrics are often thematic as a result, featuring sexism (misogyny mainly coming from the male rappers), what some view as "glorified violence" (which would then turn the genre towards horrorcore), drug dealing and use, frequent swearing (often to the point of entering ClusterFBomb territory), and a heavy use of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_Vernacular_English AAVE]]. Because of the latter point, some detractors view the lyrics as having "loads and loads of grammatical inaccuracies," a highly controversial remark given AAVE's roots in the slave trade and the fact that most trap musicians hail from former slave states. Though a lot of trap music is upbeat and can be considered "turn up" or party music, all of this can also create a dark, slightly abrasive, and hedonistic vibe.

Trap music is a polarizing style of HipHop originated in UsefulNotes/{{Atlanta}}, Georgia, that has gained large popularity over 2012 and 2013. Trap music started as an emergent style in southern rap characterized by spare beats, sharp snare hits, deep bass notes and rhymes about the southern trap lifestyle, of which the genre is named for. The "trap" as it were refers to the drug-dealing lifestyle and the "trap" it can lead to if one isn't careful. Since the main appeal is the beat and vibe the song generates, lyrics are often thematic as a result, featuring sexism (misogyny mainly coming from the male rappers), what some view as "glorified violence" (which would then turn the genre towards horrorcore), drug dealing and use, a heavy use of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_Vernacular_English AAVE]] (as many of the rappers who make trap music are black and from the South and as a result only know how to speak in AAVE) with some detractors viewing the lyrics as having, "loads and loads of grammatical inaccuracies" and countless [[ClusterFBomb Cluster F Bombs]]. Though a lot of trap music is upbeat and can be considered "turn up" or party music, all of this can also create a dark, slightly abrasive, and hedonistic vibe.

While the {{Ur Example}}s are from different parts of the southern United States (Such as Houston’s UGK, and Memphis’ Music/ThreeSixMafia), the major players of trap music such as Music/GucciMane, Music/WakaFlockaFlame, Music/{{TI}} and Young Jeezy are all from Atlanta, with other contributors to the genre being from Miami, like Trick Daddy, or the 3rd Ward in Louisiana, like TRU, Lil Wayne and Master P. Many newcomers to the genre are also from Atlanta, New York, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, the Carolinas and various other cities in the Midwest. Artists like UGK and Texas rappers also added to the genre in the early 2000's. Many classic Hip-hop heads were against the genre, calling it dumb club music with gratuitous, bonehead lyrics. Defenders state that the the "simplicity" ''is'' the appeal. In short, it's to the 2010s as {{Crunk}} and snap were to the 2000s.

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