noun Street Slang

the trap

· noun · atlanta

The drug-dealing spot, or the street life around it.

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Definitions

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The physical spot where drugs get sold — a corner, a house, a block. Called 'the trap' because once you're in it, getting out is the hard part.

“He been in the trap since the sun came up.”
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By extension, the whole lifestyle of hustling on the street — the grind, the risk, the environment. Used as a shorthand for where someone came from.

“Came straight out the trap to the Grammys.”
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the trap In A Sentence

He been in the trap since the sun came up.
Came straight out the trap to the Grammys.

Origin & Usage

Atlanta hip-hop, 1990s–2000s. T.I.'s 'Trap Muzik' (2003) is the moment it went from local slang to a whole genre name.

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