trap music

After rapper T.I.'s 2003 album Trap Muzik, dealing with themes of street life and drug dealing. See trap (“a place where drugs are sold”).

trap music (uncountable)

1. A subgenre of hip-hop that originated in the early 1990s in the southern United States, typified by bleak themes, aggressive lyrics, and distinctive synthesizers and drums.

• trap car
• trap house
• trap phone

• capistrum