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Future's ‘DS2' is Being Remixed as a Ballet at BAM. Here's How the Unprecedented Event Came to Be.

Ten years later, Future has linked with Grand Marnier to update his opus, this time in the form of DS2 Remix: The Ballet, ...
Complex

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 floors. How real is that? A few weeks ago, Lady Gaga’s DJ White Shadow uploaded an ...
The Atlantic

The Trap

Clockwise from the left: Offset, Quavo, and Takeoff of the trio Migos; Future; and Lil Reek (Illustration by Matt Williams) Future’s music also showcases the current hallmarks of the southern-born, ...
Westword

From UGK to Chief Keef: A look at the history of trap in rap and its subsequent influence on drill

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Download TNGHT’s Trap-Rave ‘Mission Statement’ Mix

On July 15, an hour-long mix by forward-thinking beatmakers TNGHT aired on Diplo’s new BBC Radio 1 program. A little more than a week later, the duo of Lunice and Hudson Mohawke released their ...
Uproxx

Neither Gucci Mane Or T.I. ‘Invented’ Trap Music — But They Evolved The Sound Together

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.
The Quietus

Jodi B’s Hoody Who! October’s Best Rap YouTubes & MixTapes

Action Bronson, everyone’s favourite morbidly obese rapper and chef, serves up ‘The Symbol’, a video inspired by a sepia-tinged 70s crime drama. I just imagine when Action was a little boy he was ...