Did ATL really start the word trap?

[BrothaZay]

I mean people in Dallas have been referring to drug houses as traps since the 80s(documented)

There was no ATL rappers out in the 80s, let alone trap music so ATL literally had zero influence to start a trend like that.

I think ATL stole that word just like they stole crunk

 

[Yoda]

Bay Area

 

[TheSpook]

Where is it documented in Dallas?

 

[Dixon Cider]

trap1Syllabification: trap
Pronunciation: /trap /
NOUN
device or enclosure designed to catch and retainanimals, typically by allowing entry but not exit or by catching hold of a part of the body.

 

[CACtain Planet]

I mean people in Dallas have been referring to drug houses as traps since the 80s(documented)

There was no ATL rappers out in the 80s, let alone trap music so ATL literally had zero influence to start a trend like that.

I think ATL stole that word just like they stole crunk

I first heard it on this track

 

[BrothaZay]

Where is it documented in Dallas?

http://www.maryellenmark.com/text/magazines/texas monthly/905G-000-011.html
http://www.dallasobserver.com/2003-07-17/news/the-girl-who-played-dead/

 

[FinesseKing]

Atlanta stole the name Atlanta from the Bay.

 

[Family Man]

I first heard it on this track

Goes back further than that. I heard Ghetto Mafia reference it on a track from way back in 1994.

 

[Dank Hill]

I mean people in Dallas have been referring to drug houses as traps since the 80s(documented)

There was no ATL rappers out in the 80s, let alone trap music so ATL literally had zero influence to start a trend like that.

I think ATL stole that word just like they stole crunk

Zay I don't mean to change the topic on you but last time I was in Dallas was 2012 and I wanted to know why nikkas cut their hair where it's just a patch on the back but the front is buzzed and lined. What's up with that?

 

[Dixon Cider]

I heard it in a song Too $hort made in late 80's

 

[Dixon Cider]

I heard it on the playground in south florida in the 90's

 

[BrothaZay]

Zay I don't mean to change the topic on you but last time I was in Dallas was 2012 and I wanted to know why nikkas cut their hair where it's just a patch on the back but the front is buzzed and lined. What's up with that?

a shag

 

[Hammer]

Outkast was saying the word Trap back in the mid 90s

 

[eerieBell]

Ghetto Mafia, Geto boys, Poison clan, the convicts, ugk, No limit, etc.

But it doesn't really matter who first mentioned it, ATL rappers popularized it and made it what it is.

 

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