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Trap music
- Punk rapThe year 2013 marked a turning point when the internet began connecting disparate sounds from Atlanta and Miami. Journalist Thomas Hobbs described this…
- Rage (music genre)The word rage first appeared in hip-hop through Kid Cudi's Mr. Rager alter ego during the 2010s. Travis Scott later adopted this term and made it a core part…
- Internet rapIn 1997, Canibus dropped the track DJ Clue Freestyle and declared he would battle opponents on the net as well as in the flesh.
- Cloud rapIn 2010, music blogger Walker Chambliss wrote a blog post that introduced the phrase cloud rap to describe the work of Squadda B.
- Trap musicIn 1991, the word trap first appeared in hip-hop lyrics to describe a place where drugs were sold. By 1999, producers in Atlanta began crafting a sound that…