12 Artists Influenced By T.I.'s Trap Muzik

Tip's sophomore album birthed at least a dozen disciples.

All Hail Da King - T.I. released his breakthrough album Trap Muzik 12 years ago (Aug. 19), giving a voice to the hustlers in Atlanta and beyond. The followup to I'm Serious not only redefined a hip-hop subgenre, it also birthed a lineage of trap stars who followed suit and took notes from the kang. BET.com looks back on the landmark album by highlighting 12 rap acts who clearly studied T.I.'s street sermons. —Michael Harris (@IceBlueVA)

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All Hail Da King - T.I. released his breakthrough album Trap Muzik 12 years ago (Aug. 19), giving a voice to the hustlers in Atlanta and beyond. The followup to I'm Serious not only redefined a hip-hop subgenre, it also birthed a lineage of trap stars who followed suit and took notes from the kang. BET.com looks back on the landmark album by highlighting 12 rap acts who clearly studied T.I.'s street sermons. —Michael Harris (@IceBlueVA)

Jeezy - Once T.I. claimed the Southern crown, it seemed like trappers from all over the A began to breakthrough. Snowman may have been the coldest of all. Trap Muzik laid a foundation and Jeezy quickly followed suit, giving the streets another rapper to idolize. (Although he'd insist: "I'm not a rapper; I'm a motivational speaker.")(Photo:Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Live Nation)

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Jeezy - Once T.I. claimed the Southern crown, it seemed like trappers from all over the A began to breakthrough. Snowman may have been the coldest of all. Trap Muzik laid a foundation and Jeezy quickly followed suit, giving the streets another rapper to idolize. (Although he'd insist: "I'm not a rapper; I'm a motivational speaker.")(Photo:Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Live Nation)

2 Chainz - Trap Muzik set the streets of the A on fire, 2 Chainz was making his way around the hip-hop arena as one-half of Playaz Circle. The duo scored a hit with "Dufflebag Boy," but once Chainz dropped his Tity Boi moniker and went solo, he climbed to the top of hip-hop. T.I.'s "I Can't Quit" likely kept this hustler hustling. (Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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2 Chainz - Trap Muzik set the streets of the A on fire, 2 Chainz was making his way around the hip-hop arena as one-half of Playaz Circle. The duo scored a hit with "Dufflebag Boy," but once Chainz dropped his Tity Boi moniker and went solo, he climbed to the top of hip-hop. T.I.'s "I Can't Quit" likely kept this hustler hustling. (Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Gucci Mane - Gucci Mane walked through Trap Muzik's doors with his 2005 debut Trap House. Cuts like "So Icy" and "Body Shots" show a different sides of ATL hustlers, just as Tip had previously done with cuts like "Be Easy," "No More Talk" and "Look What I Got."(Photo: Taylor Hill/Getty Images)

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Gucci Mane - Gucci Mane walked through Trap Muzik's doors with his 2005 debut Trap House. Cuts like "So Icy" and "Body Shots" show a different sides of ATL hustlers, just as Tip had previously done with cuts like "Be Easy," "No More Talk" and "Look What I Got."(Photo: Taylor Hill/Getty Images)

Alley Boy - Before falling out with Alley Boy, T.I. saw the rapper—along with his Duct Tape crew—keeping hustler music alive. So he walked them into Atlantic Records and helped them get some earn rubber bands of their own in the music game. (Photo: Alley Boy, Instagram)

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Alley Boy - Before falling out with Alley Boy, T.I. saw the rapper—along with his Duct Tape crew—keeping hustler music alive. So he walked them into Atlantic Records and helped them get some earn rubber bands of their own in the music game. (Photo: Alley Boy, Instagram)

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Young Scooter - Young Scooter is definitely a student of the school of Tip. Mixtapes like Street Lottery and Married To The Streets could be considered little cousins to Trap Muzik.(Photo: Jerome Pearson / Splash News)

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Young Scooter - Young Scooter is definitely a student of the school of Tip. Mixtapes like Street Lottery and Married To The Streets could be considered little cousins to Trap Muzik.(Photo: Jerome Pearson / Splash News)

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Shawty Lo - Trap Muzik's impressions stood before us once again when Shawty Lo unleashed his biographies. The streets co-signed "I'm Da Man" and "Dunn Dunn" knowing Lo did it all, too.(Photo: Jerome Pearson/ Splash News) 

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Shawty Lo - Trap Muzik's impressions stood before us once again when Shawty Lo unleashed his biographies. The streets co-signed "I'm Da Man" and "Dunn Dunn" knowing Lo did it all, too.(Photo: Jerome Pearson/ Splash News) 

OJ Da Juiceman - Just as T.I. had dope boys going crazy with anthems like "24's" and "Rubber Band Man," OJ Da Juiceman kept the pot hot with "Make Tha Trap Say Aye" and "I'm Boomin', I'm Bunkin."(Photo: Taylor Hill/Getty Images)

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OJ Da Juiceman - Just as T.I. had dope boys going crazy with anthems like "24's" and "Rubber Band Man," OJ Da Juiceman kept the pot hot with "Make Tha Trap Say Aye" and "I'm Boomin', I'm Bunkin."(Photo: Taylor Hill/Getty Images)

Future - Future came into the game just like T.I., paying homage to the game with cuts like "Tony Montana" and "Magic." Studying his ATL comrade's playbook, Future also found out that the world is bigger than the trap and took his hustle to new heights.  (Photo: Rick Davis / Splash News) 

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Future - Future came into the game just like T.I., paying homage to the game with cuts like "Tony Montana" and "Magic." Studying his ATL comrade's playbook, Future also found out that the world is bigger than the trap and took his hustle to new heights.  (Photo: Rick Davis / Splash News) 

Ca$h Out - After dropping the ball with T.I.'s debut I'm Serious, L.A. Reid made sure he was evesdropping when the streets spoke. Ca$h Out had the trap jumping in 2012 with "Cashin' Out" just like Tip did with the dope boy anthem "24's" nearly a decade earller.(Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images For BET)

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Ca$h Out - After dropping the ball with T.I.'s debut I'm Serious, L.A. Reid made sure he was evesdropping when the streets spoke. Ca$h Out had the trap jumping in 2012 with "Cashin' Out" just like Tip did with the dope boy anthem "24's" nearly a decade earller.(Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images For BET)

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Rocko - T.I.'s partna from the streets Rocko had that same self-determined mentality when he emerged from the trap and dropped "Umma Do Me" in 2008.(Photo: Wauketia Chestang / Splash News)

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Rocko - T.I.'s partna from the streets Rocko had that same self-determined mentality when he emerged from the trap and dropped "Umma Do Me" in 2008.(Photo: Wauketia Chestang / Splash News)

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Migos - T.I. flossed hard on cuts like "Look What I Got." That unapologetic cocky demeanor must have trickled down to Migos because their stunt game shows no chill either. You can tell by their hits like "Versace" and "Handsome and Wealthy" that they were listening when Mr. Harris was counting money. (Photo: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for Power 105.1)

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Migos - T.I. flossed hard on cuts like "Look What I Got." That unapologetic cocky demeanor must have trickled down to Migos because their stunt game shows no chill either. You can tell by their hits like "Versace" and "Handsome and Wealthy" that they were listening when Mr. Harris was counting money. (Photo: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for Power 105.1)

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Waka Flocka - Waka hopped off the porch in 2009 with "O Let's Do It" and showed how rowdy D-boys could get. But later he sopped up that street knowledge that Tip kicked on "Be Better Than Me" and took his career mainstream and worldwide. (Photo: Karl Walter/Getty Images for Coachella)

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Waka Flocka - Waka hopped off the porch in 2009 with "O Let's Do It" and showed how rowdy D-boys could get. But later he sopped up that street knowledge that Tip kicked on "Be Better Than Me" and took his career mainstream and worldwide. (Photo: Karl Walter/Getty Images for Coachella)

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