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Three 6 Mafia are a Memphis based group that created the building blocks for the trap sound. Though trap music came from Atlanta, the sound originates from other earlier down south hip-hop genres like crunk, miami bass, bounce, and chopped & screwed.
Nahre and LA explore how Three 6 Mafia's sound influences modern rap music and later make their own crunk inspired beat.
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