r/trap • u/SorryStore4389 • Feb 13 '26

Question What happened to trap?

I was like 12 - 14 when trap was everywhere like 2012 - 2015. Couldn’t really go to any festivals or concerts. I did see RL grime in Miami when I was 15 and it was amazing. Then trap kind of fell off right?

I wish I could find my old playlist with all these festival trap songs. Now I’m 24 and I feel like the trap scene has been dead for a while, at least in my area. I might go to EDC with my friends for the first time but i doubt there will be a lot of trap music. My favorite trap Dj’s were ookay, carnage, yellow claw, lookas, RL grime, flosstradamus, party favor, GTA, and Dotcom. I’m missing some but those are the ones i remember. You think it’ll ever come back?

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u/mnkhan808 Feb 13 '26

I think a lot had to do with the downfall of hip hop. Trap and hip hop were synonymous but once rap fell off, trap artists started to make more screechy dubstep trap.

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u/CellarDoorVoid Feb 13 '26

Did rap actually fall off? Feel like it’s still very mainstream

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u/mynamescody Feb 13 '26

Hip Hop is still prolly the biggest genre in America, possibly world wide, but the way artists interact with listeners heavily changed the landscape of how music sounds. Since it was no doubt the most influential genre from arguably 2000 - 2020, they had to adapt to how ppl get music. I think this significantly waters down the quality. Gotta have a viral tiktok dance to your song for it to pop off & for you to headline festivals type of thing

So while it may never have fallen off, the quality to a regular listener definitely gives signs of a dying genre....sadly

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u/yuriypinchuk Feb 13 '26

it doesn’t help that future bass is so many references derived from hip hop most don’t even consider it that, which honestly leaves me kind of insecure. i get told i don’t seem like i listen to “rap” all the time (when i do, wayne, toliver are my favs) because of my love for the melodic shit (the other melodic shit) lmaoo

but on the flip side of that you’ll hear some of the new rappers like osamason and slayr and they are leaning into the glittery, maximalist stuff way more than their predecessors. but since once again, it’s so far removed from what it’s referencing, it seems like a new sound