Did T.I. INVENT Trap Music (Or Should He Pay Homage To UGK, Ball & G, Three 6 Mafia & Master P)?
Did T.I. INVENT Trap Music (Or Should He Pay Homage To UGK, Ball & G, Three 6 Mafia & Master P)?
T.I.’s Claim To Trap Music Fame Sparks Internet Chaos
The whole entire internet has been A B L A Z E over whether T.I. actually INVENTED trap music or simply popularized an already existing Rap subgenre bubbling in the south.
Now, it’s absolutely fair to say Tip was the first to mainstream “Trap Music” but “inventing” a subgenre that, based on its very definition, had already been immortalized by UGK, Ball & G, Master P, 3-6 and The Dungeon Family YEARS before his reign? Ehhh, that’s where things swerve left.
And that’s only the warm up argument before the Gucci and Jeezy fans pull up, pop out and argue that the actual trap music sound (soul-pounding 808s splashed with glorious synths) was perfected by the legendary Trap Titans who changed the game forever with their iconic debuts.
So yea, it’s complicated but also the hottest (and most entertaining) online debate that we’ve looped you into on the flip.
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This shits obviously goin over y’all heads…so…. i guess I’m gon take the High Road & Just let y’all carry on in the ignorance of fake news… but for those who care for statistics & Facts… this is 2001. I’m serious. “Dope Boyz & The Trap Ni66az”
Y’all stay classy….✌🏽 pic.twitter.com/KbtZbpjwII— T.I. (@Tip) April 11, 2018
T.I. did not invent trap music, he just coined the phrase and made it mainstream. Gucci didn’t invent it either he was just really good at making it. And Jeezy didn’t invent it either despite him having arguably the greatest trap album of all time.
— Thiccorita (@ismackratchets) April 11, 2018
Listen …. T.I. LABELED it “Trap Music” he ain’t invent shit.
Trap Music ain’t even have its own true sound until Shawty Red produced Jeezy’s Trap or Die. NOBODY had better beats than Jeezy when the Trap wave first started. Make sure you from ATL before you debate me
— Σtoney Tha Skum Lord 👑 (@Stoney_Blu) April 11, 2018
Floyd beat that TI into thinking he made Trap music 🤦🏾♂️
— JP👿🐬 (@__onlyjp__) April 12, 2018
Gucci fans really been on social media for 2 days arguing that Gucci birthed trap music before TI….as if TI album “TRAP MUZIK” didn’t come out a whole 2 years before Gucci’s “Trap House” did. 🤦🏾♂️
— DJ Fapademiks (@Just_Cardo) April 11, 2018
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Every time I keep seeing TI was the starter of trap I cringe.. lol cus I don’t think of his music as trap music I instantly think of Rubberband Man and I like my beat down low.. and you keep saying no but ya panties so wet 😂😂😂😂
— Khadijah James🖤 (@Kii_toHisHeart) April 12, 2018
I dont know why this "who started trap music, gucci mane or TI " is even relevant. Outkast was talking about the trap in 1998, 3 years before gucci or TI claiming to use the word in music
— 🅱ÍG GÜÜCI KEEF! (@realstevekeef) April 11, 2018
When you looking at this "Who was the first trap rapper? Gucci or T.I?" convo and you realize you old as fuck because you know the real answer is Cool Breeze
— Beyonce has an uncle named Larry Beyince. Bruh…. (@DragonflyJonez) April 10, 2018
trap music existed long before gucci and TI btw pic.twitter.com/uTehnO5YrY
— shane (@S1THEGOD) April 11, 2018
TI and Gucci arguing over which one of them created trap music but I feel like it was Master P, UGK, or even Three6Mafia but nobody was even talking to me
— Rahsaan P. (@Rahsaan_P) April 11, 2018
E40 & master p really started trap music .. while y’all tryna give gucci or ti credit … check the resume .
— #AssataIsWelcomeHere (@Macmalzhizname) April 11, 2018
TI only got trap music recognition cuz it was his album name but be real a nigga ain’t never trapped while listening to fucking TI
— 9 Gotti (@Cloud9Cam) April 11, 2018
Look mane. Ti broke out trap music in ATL. but he IS NOT the originator. 3-6. Ugk. 8ball. Master p. Etc. there were plenty before him. But overall. Jeezy and Gucci really stamped this shit. PERIOD.
— Mall (@MallGotHitz) April 11, 2018
T.I. capitalized off the moniker “Trap Music” rather than invent it if anything.
— 𝙹𝚊𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚎 (@jasminogrigio) April 9, 2018
TI didn’t create trap music. We can argue all day. But that’s dead. Save it. He goofy. Gucci didn’t start it either while we at it. Y’all better act like y’all heard Master P, Cash Money, 3 6 Mafia, and UGK. They was on the same shit yearrrsssss before them.
— Ⓜ️anjo Binnih (@GetBreadLilGreg) April 11, 2018
Mf said TI gentrified Trap Music LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
— Jugg King™ (@Ej__2500) April 11, 2018
I don’t engage in music debates on social media. Cause well y’all opinions be trash. Butttttttttt this Gucci vs TI “who birthed trap music” topic has me hot.
— tayvia 🥀 (@satisfyMYSOUL__) April 11, 2018
NWA did not invent gangster music …. but NWA made it a GENRE … same case for T.I. ….. Trap music existed before him but he made it a GENRE
— Stone Mound Meezy (@MEGAMEEZY) April 11, 2018
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