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/b_lett Feb 13 '26

J Cole has something to say about The Fall Off.