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.

Best friends Chris Moten, Cassius Jay and Devon “Stixx” Taylor are classically trained jazz musicians, who put a spin on the genre and turned it into trap jazz. The documentary film Trap Jazz shows ...

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 ...

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 ...

For producers at the top of their game, the unique sound that that they can gift to a track is their most valuable attribute, a precious commodity that artists will pay thousands – if not millions – ...