Vice's Noisey: A Retrospective
A media portrait of trap's beginnings, and its exploitative legacy
The year was 2014. Atlanta was becoming the cultural epicenter of America and the premier export of hip-hop. At the center of it all, the bible of trap and drill music was being spread around the world by the likes of a dark wizard, Future Hendrix, and a Southside messiah, Chief Keef.
Trap music, th…