So did “Scarface.”.If I am being reflective and honestly interpreting the effects my experiences had on me, the people who weren’t there won’t be able to decipher that reflection from glorification. T.I.: It did that, but so did mafia movies. That’s when I started taking notice.ĪP: How do you feel when people criticize trap music for its glorification of drugs and gunplay? Even when it was at its biggest point, I never really noticed until people in the EDM world started to call their music trap. Like if you’re around a puppy dog every day, it’s still a puppy to you even though it’s getting bigger. You know, when you’re so close to something you can’t see it growing.

T.I.: The first time I saw the potential, I hardly noticed it. It’s really going to be a place where people can take pictures and kind of interact.ĪP: When did you realize trap music was about to take off? The genre has become so significant that I felt it deserved more than that. The easy thing for me to do is set up a show and it just be me and perform all the songs from trap music, which I was tempted to do. T.I.: I want to celebrate the culture and not just me. It comes from me being a genuine person and caring enough about the community and the people in it to treat them with respect.ĪP: Why did you feel the need to curate the Trap Music Museum? That doesn’t come from anything I’ve done for myself. And she will blow your damn head off if you come (messing) with T.I. She keeps it under pillow or in her nightstand next to her blood pressure pills. She only leaves her house to go to church and the grocery store. T.I.: It’s a little old lady right up the street. spoke with The Associated Press about the museum and his 10th studio album, “Dime Trap,” out on Oct. While sitting on his grandfather’s front porch, T.I. The pop-up museum will offer an “Escape the Trap” experience - much like the popular Escape the Room adventure game - where visitors have to use clues to find their way out of a house littered with illegal drugs before authorities arrive. The three-time Grammy winner will pay homage to trap music culture with the Trap Music Museum, even dedicating areas of the exhibit to rappers like Gucci Mane, Jeezy, Rick Ross, Future and himself. “He is respected because he respects us,” said Rosie Brittain, a Bankhead resident who helped raise T.I. is highly respected in Bankhead, a neighborhood he helped popularize through his songs viewed as trap music, a subgenre mostly detailing the lifestyle of selling drugs, highlighted by gritty lyrics and heavy beats.

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