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US DJ Top 30 · Trap

Trap rankings.

Provisional editorial placements. Read the artist’s profile for the music, career history and evidence behind the discussion.

  1. #1

    ISOxo ↗

    ISOxo represents a contemporary trap sensibility in which rhythmic tension, abrupt contrast and forceful sound design become the center of the artist identity.

  2. #2

    RL Grime ↗

    RL Grime’s position near the top of the trap board reflects an artist identity that extends from individual records to a larger curatorial world.

  3. #3

    ROSSY ↗

    ROSSY’s HEAVENS DOOR in 2023 gives her trap identity a clear early statement, supported by a Brownies & Lemonade tour and a subsequent release history that includes RUSH on Monstercat.

  4. #4

    Knock2 ↗

    Knock2 brings a highly direct rhythmic identity to the space between bass house and trap.

  5. #5

    FrostTop ↗

    FrostTop’s Long Beach-rooted project approaches trap through intricate drums and a forceful production identity.

  6. #6

    RemK ↗

    RemK’s history connects a Southern California background with a focused place in the newer trap network.

  7. #7

    JAWNS ↗

    JAWNS occupies a specialist position on the trap chart, with a catalog that can be followed through records including Wildstyle, Snakeyes and Escape.

  8. #8

    LYNY ↗

    LYNY’s production identity brings hip-hop and trap into contact with melodic writing and R&B influence.

  9. #9

    Control Freak ↗

    Control Freak’s chart identity is grounded in a continuing trap-facing catalog and a clear relationship to contemporary performance culture.

  10. #10

    Pauline Herr ↗

    Pauline Herr’s early solo work established authorship across production, writing and recording.

  11. #11

    capshun ↗

    capshun’s Logos EP in 2022 gives his production identity a substantial reference point, connecting trap, future bass and beat-oriented influences across a larger release.

  12. #12

    Baauer ↗

    Baauer’s career has an unusually visible starting reference in Harlem Shake, but his production identity draws on a broader relationship between hip-hop, UK dance music and sampling.

  13. #13

    Flosstradamus ↗

    Flosstradamus’s history connects Chicago club culture to a recognizable festival-trap language.

  14. #14

    NGHTMRE ↗

    NGHTMRE works at the intersection of trap, heavy bass and song-driven electronic production.

  15. #15

    Party Favor ↗

    Party Favor’s Bap U in 2014 provides an early breakthrough reference, while RESET marks a later attempt to give the project a broader personal and musical frame.

  16. #16

    JSTJR ↗

    JSTJR’s current self-description places rave-oriented techno at the center of a project with a broader electronic history.

  17. #17

    YehMe2 ↗

    YehMe2 is Josh Young’s solo project following his role in Flosstradamus, giving the artist a clear history before the current name.

  18. #18

    Mr. Carmack ↗

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  19. #19

    TYNAN ↗

    TYNAN’s identity centers on dark trap and a deliberate appetite for unusual production choices.

  20. #20

    Eliminate ↗

    Eliminate’s 2018 connection to Disciple and the subsequent Cyber Whale and Dead Sea EPs give the career a clear production history.

  21. #21

    Viperactive ↗

    Viperactive’s release history connects a contemporary bass identity with vocal and remix-oriented formats.

  22. #22

    WINK ↗

    WINK’s Bay Area project is represented by a distinct contemporary catalog, including STIRCRAZY MIXTAPE and Drown.

  23. #23

    Acyan ↗

    Acyan’s Fort Collins connection places the project within a regional US bass and trap context.

  24. #24

    Herobust ↗

    Herobust is Hayden Kramer’s Atlanta-rooted bass project, with a recorded history that places the artist within the overlap between trap and heavier electronic production.

  25. #25

    Hekler ↗

    Hekler’s production identity draws on hip-hop, ambient music and heavy bass, giving the project a broader compositional frame than a single genre label suggests.

  26. #26

    Gladez ↗

    Gladez’s Las Vegas connection places the project within a regional electronic scene, while Last One Standing, Steady and Falak provide a clear sequence of later releases.

  27. #27

    YOOKiE ↗

    YOOKiE is the partnership of brothers Anthony and Chris Alfaro, giving the bass project a clear collaborative foundation.

  28. #28

    Hex Cougar ↗

    Hex Cougar’s Under the Light of a Dying Moon in 2020 gives the project a clear conceptual reference, accompanied by a short film that extended the music into a larger visual setting.

  29. #29

    Runnit ↗

    Runnit’s Baltimore connection gives the project a regional context within the trap field, while Below the Breakers provides an EP-scale reference beyond the individual singles.

  30. #30

    sumthin sumthin ↗

    sumthin sumthin’s musical background began with instruments and bands before Conrad Woodul moved into electronic production.