Street
trap house
What does trap house mean?
A house — usually rented, abandoned or grandma-owned — used as the operating base for selling drugs. Specifically Atlanta crack-era terminology that the trap rap genre is literally named after.
"Whole album sounds like it was recorded in a trap house at 4am."
Origin
Atlanta, late 1990s / early 2000s. Cemented in the lexicon by Gucci Mane's 'Trap House' (2005) and T.I.'s 'Trap Muzik' (2003).
Frequently asked questions
What does trap house mean?
A trap house is a house used as a base for selling drugs.
How do you use trap house in a sentence?
For example: 'The police raided the trap house on the corner last night.'
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