The concrete jungle that birthed an Earth-shifting movement called trap music was in his rearview mirror, yet ever-present in his soul.

In today’s pop music, vocals reign supreme. The charts are dominated by singers and rappers, but there’s an increasingly ...

Clifford “T.I.” Harris, on Magic City: An American Fantasy, breaks down what trap music really means, and no one’s better suited for the job than a rapper who helped build the sound in the first place ...

As one of Trap Music’s highly esteemed founding fathers, it was only right for Bankhead’s foremost street scholar and philosopher Clifford ‘T.I.’ Harris to eloquently elucidate the definition of the ...

In an exclusive conversation with REVOLT, Jeezy reflects on the mindset behind his debut, why he doesn’t fully embrace the “trap music” label, and the growth that’s shaped him. He also ...

Atlanta rap artist T.I. dropped the album “Trap Muzik” nearly 20 years ago, lending credence to his claim that he coined the term “trap” — a subgenre that is now the most popular in hip ...

The occasion was to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the album and the trap music movement.

T.I. Harris is the king of the South. The Atlanta native owns restaurants, is a formative voice in the trap music movement, a reality star and an actor. But it all started in grade school when T.I ...

Real Trap Sh*t? The Commodification of Southern Rap's Drug-Fueled Subgenre With a little help from Lady Gaga, "Trap music" has migrated from Dirty South strip clubs to hip cosmopolitan dance ...

Today, the birth of trap music and the rise of Southern rap. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) SUMMERS: In 2001, a young rapper from the Bankhead neighborhood of Atlanta released his debut album.

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 ...

Starting in the trenches of ATL, trap music has come a long way from its ubiquitous popularity now.