The trap-soul genre has made a comeback in the hip-hop industry. This week Migos royalty Quavo extolled the genre's soulful fusion of hip-hop and R&B in a tweet, calling it the next wave in music. In ...

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Charlotte native DEVN has had a busy (musical) summer. Within a few weeks' time, the up-and-coming music producer not only appeared on a new hit with chart-topping North Carolina rapper Lute, he also ...

Last week, both Gucci Mane and T.I. have both staked their claim as inventors of trap music. And rightfully so, both are innovators of the subgenre. Tip claims the music started with his 2003 album ...

Rap icon T.I. leaned back in his chair onstage at the annual ComplexCon in Long Beach, California, and reminisced about his directorial debut in the 2023 comedy film Da ‘Partments with his adult son, ...

"We're the pop stars. Trap rap is pop now. People's ears have adjusted to what we have to say and how we say it." Noisey called you “the best rapper in the world for the past two years.” Are you ...

We all want to leave something behind. We want a legacy, something that endures beyond us. We yearn to create something that will last. From the time LA FLAME discovered music, he knew exactly what he ...

Trap gets thrown around so casually that almost any rap song ends up wearing the label. You hear someone rapping over a beat with drums? That’s trap. A song has a heavy bassline? Trap. A rapper uses ...

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In 2015, Jorge Fonseca, a veteran A&R for Sony Music Latin, made a trip to Puerto Rico in search of new sounds. “When you go to the island, the streets speak to you,” he tells Rolling Stone. “You hear ...