We highlight six trappers who played just as vital a role in the rise of trap music as Tip did. Many fans can remember a time when the South was counted out and discarded as “not real hip-hop.” For ...

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 ...

When Vincent Desailly walked into the living room, he noticed the two television screens on the wall. One was tuned to Netflix’s Narcos, while its counterpart, nearly double in size, displayed six far ...

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 ...

We spoke with Trap Music Museum co-founder William “Bem” Sparks and general manager Krystal Garner about honoring dirty south hip-hop. Hip-hop has been alive and well since the late '70s. Its ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Rapper Gucci Mane is bringing his “Live-N-Concert” to Rockford in May. Mane will perform at Hard Rock Live, inside Hard Rock Casino Rockford, at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 30th.

T.I.’s studio debut album I’m Serious was released in June 2001. Cuts like “Dope Boyz,” and “You Ain’t Hard” illuminate imagery about the trap life while his single “I’m Serious” featuring Beenie Man ...