What is trap music? According to T.I., on the title track of his genre-defining Trap Muzik, it ain’t no album and it ain’t no game. Indeed, the origins of trap go beyond music — beyond even the ...

In recent years, especially during the post-COVID era, there has been a lot of buzz around the closure of long-standing clubs, with some wondering if club culture is dying. Simultaneously, electronic ...

The Roland-TR808 is the backbone of a lot of trap rap and EDM, and now the two genres are beginning to intersect. Credit: Joe Holmes In the mid-aughts a wave of steely-eyed southern rappers introduced ...

If there’s one producer who stands at the convergence of trap, drill, and EDM it is most certainly AraabMuzik, who today coincidentally (!) released a compilation entitled Trap vs. Drill vs. EDM. The ...

Trap is the perfect crossover between EDM and hip-hop. In fact, this genre is responsible for some of music’s hottest artists, from T.I. and Waka Flocka to, more recently, RL Grime and Flosstradamus.

Washington-born DJ Carnage has a penchant for the unruly. The pioneer of EDM trap music is known for his thundering beats and his ability to crank up any party — so, naturally, his fans showed up to ...

Learn what EDM music is, its history, main subgenres, and how it differs from rock and electronic music, including its growth in Nigeria. You’ve been to raves, festivals, scrolled through TikTok, ...