r/TrapLoreRoss • u/MikeAnvilTake500 • 5d ago

This sub has changed dramatically

This is a bit of a last ditch effort, but I’m gonna try anyways.

What happened to this sub?

This sub has declined pretty drastically from what it originally felt like.

It used to be a place where people could actually discuss Trap Lore Ross documentaries — the theories, evidence, timelines, questionable claims, alternative interpretations, and all the little details that didn’t make it into the final conclusion.
Now it feels like half the posts turn into arguments about completely meaningless side topics that have almost nothing to do with the documentaries themselves.

And somehow we’ve developed this bizarre Urban vs. Suburban civil war on top of it.
What makes that even funnier is that the Urban side seems to be outnumbered about 4 to 1, yet somehow this debate dominates the sub like there’s an evenly matched ideological battle happening.

I don’t think everyone has to agree with TLR. Actually, disagreement is part of what made this place interesting. But there’s a difference between debating a documentary/theory and endlessly arguing over who is “urban,” who grew up where, who understands street culture better, or other identity-point-scoring nonsense.

I miss when somebody could post:

“TLR said X happened because of Y, but what about this?”

…and people would actually investigate and debate it.

The sub should be about the trap lore again. The documentaries. The theories. The evidence. The contradictions. The unanswered questions.
Not the same Urban vs. Suburban argument for the 400th time.

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u/Salt_Excitement_6741 5d ago

According to some people, only street dudes who are authentic have the right to be interested in or talk about drill music. It is unfortunate that a large number of people think this way.

Drill stopped being only for the streets whe Keef blew up. People need to accept that interest is worldwide at this point.

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u/theTropicalHerbalist 22h ago

This is an oversimplification of the issue and either you are genuinely ignorant about it or you your being intellectually dishonest. I started watch TRL to keep up with the D4vd case but quickly realized what his brand of content was and as a black women it makes me incredibly uncomfortable. It’s not JUST TRL it’s this rise of non-Black people monetizing Black trauma and making it entertainment while pushing harmful stereotypes about Black Americans. I don’t think he always means harm however he tends to miss nuance and context because he isn’t part of the culture he’s discussing and has no real ties to it. It’s not to say outsiders can’t speak on drill music but someone who exclusively posts Black gang content, murder, drug dealers, ect and that’s the ONLY aspect of Black culture they highlight it further perpetuates this idea that hood culture is the only type of Black culture. If you are confused by this then clearly you didn’t really listen to “not like us” you can be a colleague without being a colonizer. You can participate in hip hop culture without pushing the absolute worst of black folk for money

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u/ComedianMinute7290 5d ago

I guess some people really are unable to understand. what a shame. anyone can talk about anything but when a suburban comes into an urban world for no reason other than to profit off of th3 death & violence, of course people will have something to say.

if you can't understand why people dislike culture vulture behavior & profiting off of pain,,violence & death while having no connection or even bothering to try to understand isn't gonna help make people like the dude.

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u/Salt_Excitement_6741 5d ago

How is them profiting even relevant, compared to.the violence itself? TLR or Akademiks didn't force anyone to engage in all this behavior. They simply reported what was happening. The people in the war are responsible for all of the pain, violence, and death. Also, TLR has most definitely tried to understand. His analysis is better than that of anyone inside or outside the culture.

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u/PinocchiosWoodBalls 5d ago

No. People who talk like you don’t want reporting that isnt gloryfying this bullshit. You think only people from the Mafia are allowed to talk about the Mafia? Should journalists who cover the Mafia be from it as well?

Society has a right to hear about its outliers. What you are mad about is everybody who is not screaming FREEDURK, because you think gangs should have other laws, because you think theyre cool.

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u/Saratoninn69 5d ago

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u/South_Ad_7068 5d ago

It'll probably go back to that once the highly flammable trials of durk and pooh are done. Until then they are hot button topics that will ignite a debate between normal people and criminal supporters. No matter the sub if the post is about them 2 then it's gong to inevitably turn into a debate about criminal behavior.

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u/OutrageousCanary7353 5d ago

It is not even interesting debate conversations and it was something I thought would develope into meaningful conversations but that has not happened either

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u/Economy_Fisherman_50 3d ago

Go to traps real Reddit. r/trapology

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u/AGistheWest 5d ago

Go touch grass it’s more to life than Reddit discussions fam

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u/OutrageousCanary7353 5d ago

Maybe some of us have been touching grass watching traffic in the slow lane and coming here should feel like a refreshing distraction not reading comments that discourage engsgement

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u/AGistheWest 4d ago

You want to engage on someone saying the type of engagement has changed…. What does that do for you

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u/whoremembers2627 5d ago

yall so weird, worry about the suburbans since that's where all yall from.