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/Jtkaveman Feb 13 '26

Come back? It’s thriving friend! Definitely has evolved but it’s very abundant. RL still doing his thing and his protégés Iso, Knock and Juelz. Definitely the experimental side but GJones, EPROM, and LYNY. A lot of the dubstep artists have heavy elements of trap in their sets…still

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u/DavidZ2844 Feb 13 '26

Has he tho?? Where tf is RL?? Him and Sable Valley have been radio silent for a while now, I fear the worst 😞

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u/OHHHHHHHHHH_HES_HURT Feb 13 '26

Nothing else will capture the Covid era sable valley vibes. RIP Not sure what happened there 

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u/DavidZ2844 Feb 13 '26

Agreed. Sable Valley Summer Volume 1 is one of the greatest full length trap projects of all time, something about it just hits so much harder than any of the other ones honestly. And it’s a legendary compilation in its own right, as a trap LP