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Trap Music has transformed from just music to a culture. Terms like bando, finesse, and the trap are terms that are used every day that stemmed from Trap Music, and fans try to imitate the upbringing of the culture not just by using the slang, but by the way they dress and carry themselves. This genre of music is popular, so popular that there has been an ongoing debate of who started Trap Music. When you hear of the genre Trap Music who is the first artist that surfaces into your brain? There are so many artists that we could think of like Kodak Black, Waka Flocka, Young Thug, Chief Keef, and Juicy J, but there are three men in particular that people cannot seem to conjure up an agreeance of who started this genre.

T.I., Gucci, and Jeezy

All three men have a long-lasting influence on the Trap Music culture, but there has been debate on who started it. Speaking technically, Gucci Mane did not create Trap Music because his career took off a couple years later than T.I. and Jeezy. Both T.I. and Jeezy dropped albums in 2003, which then creates another dilemma of who started it between the two. In 2003, T.I. dropped his album Trap Muzik, which solidifies his actual argument on being the originator of the genre. Jeezy then followed with Thug Motivation 101: Let’s Get It (which is a classic by the way), and then followed Gucci Mane with his 2005 album, Trap House.

 

T.I.

 

Based on the timeline, yes, T.I. revved up the engine that began the Trap Music culture. Though the 24’s rapper may have unlocked the code for Trap Music to become mainstream, he is not the most influential out of the three artists. While T.I. started us off with bangers like Rubberband Man, U Don’t Know Me, ASAP, and What You Know, he transcended his sound (as he should) for a broader audience with being featured with Destiny’s Child, Why You Wanna, and his album No Mercy. Most Recently, T.I. has made a conscious decision to use his music and support to help the Black Lives Matter Music. So, T.I. started with the Trap Music genre and diminished into a political pattern.

 

Jeezy

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While T.I. begin to dabble in from the trap to mainstream, Jeezy was and still is teaching us how to hide the yams, cook it, and  serve’um like Benihana's. Jeezy has been talking about the same recipe for over a decade, and somehow we are still in awe. His greatest music comes from his mixtapes, like Trap Or Die, The Last Laugh, and The Real Is Back (best intro ever). His albums were not as solid as his actual mixtapes, excluding TM101, but Jeezy came through with his raspy voice, vivid words, and metaphors about the trap life and instantly became the voice for Trap Music for some people.

 

Gucci Mane

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Gucci Mane, who most people will argue has the greatest influence, went from The Trap House, Hard to Kill, he went Back to The Trap House, and in the mist of it all, has been collaborating with other artists like Young Thug, Young Dolph, Metro Boomin, and his partner in crime, Zaytoven. Gucci Mane may have not been as mainstream, but his influence of the culture is not one to ignore. Through his incarceration, fans supported him for years, SnapChat made a filter for him when he was released from jail, and he came out trappin’ like he never left. While T.I. is more on the political side and Jeezy is gearing up for his final album, Gucci Mane still thrives representing for the underground where he emerged from.

All three men have a spot in our hearts for the formation of Trap Music. All have, in their own way, influenced the culture but who influences the influencer?

Before Rubberband Man, And Then What, and Photoshoot, there was UGK, Three Six Mafia and Master P. These could be considered pioneers for Trap Music. These are all examples of men putting their pain on tracks, their struggle, and the blueprint for hustling.

“To me I feel like it was the blueprint for trap music. Because nobody wasn’t talking about hustling like I was talking about it. Nobody was really a boss in the music industry, everybody had a boss, everybody had someone putting their music out. So when I talk about hustling and trapping, I think it opened the doors for the Gucci Manes and the Young Jeezys so they could have a verse and everyone else after it. I feel like Rap-A-Lot, Scarface, Geto Boys opened the doors for me in the South, and I opened the doors for the rest of Southern hip-hop to where people could be themselves and be a real entrepreneur and businessman,” Master P said to XXL during an interview in 2016. He even said that Scarface gave him a voice.

The fact is, Trap Music has been alive and well, and can be dated back to 20 BC probably. T.I. may have gave it a name, but the trap has always been here. “It has expanded so much, so wide, and so broad that at this point you just have to sit back and watch and just be proud,” T.I. told HipHopDX in 2017. All of these men have contributed to a now large spectrum, giving a voice to people like Kodak Black, Young Thug, Future, and Migos.

 

But still tho, who created it?

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