Its something I've been noticing.

I first really got into $uicide Boy$ and spotify being spotify hipped me to a lot of related artists who are getting a lot of play

Ghostmane
Yung Lean (I mean, we been knowing about cat)
Lil Peep
Lil Xan
Wavy Jones
ITSOKTOCRY
Nothing.Nowhere
Bexey
Lil Bo Weep
Lil Tracy
Killstation

etc etc etc



Alright, I'm not saying white people shouldn't rap. White people have made their mark on history in the genre and sub-genres.

I'm simply noticing that trap has splintered and there is a growing emo/trap crossover area. In all my years of following rap/hip hop I've not seen such a growth in a subgenre thats drawing in a lot of new artist who happen to be white. And the surprising thing is that this is all growing organically and its flying under the radar.

It feels like the son of the son of the son of Insane Clown Posse has modernized, forked and joined the splintering genres of Trap.

Whats really interesting is that the space seems to be very removed from hip hop while also directly referencing hip hop. It makes perfect sense that a rapper like Lil' Xan would call Tupac "boring" because he has zero historical connection to Tupac. His references are generations removed from Lil' Wayne who himself was generations removed from hip hop roots.

There is also the whole Xanax angle which is covered here:

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/59kn3k/how-soundcloud-rappers-and-xanax-influenced-fashion

see the youtube video, its....its something else.



EDIT: It's important to point out that there are still a LOT of black artists in this space. I want this to be noted. I'm talking about the branching off of the genre and how a new form of the music/aesthetic/perspective is being developed.
There is a Hot Topic like energy thats been circling the area for a while.

bonus: Making of Gucci Gang: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4D-2WiMw5A

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