Category: Trap Music
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MIXTAPE TOWARDS A NEW CONSCIOUSNESS: Exploring Asakaa, Alt Hip Hop, & Trap Politics
This mixtape explores the social and political themes of songs from Ghana’s trap, drill (Asakaa), and alternative hip hop subgenres to find “conscious” hip hop is not its own genre, but rather a thematic standard that can exist in all kinds of rap. Featured songs in order: Snakes by La Même Gang; Wasteman by Black
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Jay Pac & Bushali -UMUGISHA
Umami Mu Gakino also known by his stage name Jay Pac is a Rwandan rapper, songwriter, and producer. He was born and raised in the capital of Rwanda, Kigali, and currently resides in Atlanta, GA. There is not much information on his back story but he has been in the industry at least since 2018.
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Wegz- Later
At the age of 24 years old, Wegz was established as one of the first premier Egyptian trap artists of his generation. His catalog of music has helped lead Hip-Hop, and its sub-genre Trap music, to a very prominent music genre in Egypt. Many of his videos have garnered millions of views and he is
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Wegz is determined to put the Spotlight on Egypt
When it comes to the Hip-Hop scene in Africa, countries such as South Africa and Senegal first come to mind but lately, Wegz has been making a name for himself in the music industry. Ahemed Ali, who goes by the stage name of Wegz, is a 24-year-old Egyptian trap artist who has risen up the
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mixtape project: drill in hip hop galsen
Rap in Senegal, known mainly as hip hop galsen, originates from the early period of rap’s arrival in Africa in the late 80’s and early 90’s, and while it has its fair share of inspiration and influences from American and UK hip hop, it also has since its origins become its own very distinct genre
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drill in rwanda
B-Threy’s Nicyo Gituma was released back in July of 2020 features a relatively new genre of hip hop in Rwanda known as Kinyatrap. Pioneered by hip hop artist Bushali, Kinyatrap consists of a form of trap music that is lyric heavy as well as localized in Rwanda that integrates Kinyarwanda in its songs. Kinyarwanda is
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Revoluxon Rocky: More Than a Name
Revoluxon Rocky is a Liberian rapper who primarily makes TrapCo music, a genre that is considered a subset of HipCo and seems to have been coined by fellow Liberian artist Bucky Raw. The style of music came about with the joining of trap and HipCo styles of rapping. Trap is a subgenre of Hip Hop
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ASAP Black: The Future
-William Ross III Simply put as the title suggests, with a little work, ASAP Black is the future of Namibian Hip Hop. Born May 24th, 2001, ASAP is a bit on the younger side when it comes to the art he now calls home but that does not stop him from transcending age to stake
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Wegs the next big thing
Wegz, who was born Ahmed Ali, is a rapper from Egypt. He is from the El Wardian neighborhood of Alexandria, Egypt. He began working on his career since 2017. He makes what many call “Egyptian trap music.” He utilizes trap music, “mumble rap,” and Egyptian shaabi. He blends that with complex rhyme schemes and melodies
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Apollo G’s “Europa” ain’t all that it seems
Apollo G is a hip hop artist from Cape Verde. His music has a heavy trap influence and his lyrics are either in Portuguese or Kriol. Apollo G released his first song in 2017, and since then, he has released three albums. Throughout his career, Apollo G even released a few English songs. His most