What Is 03 Greedo's "Traphouse" With Shoreline Mafia?

"Traphouse" is a collaboration between 03 Greedo and Shoreline Mafia, and its video has a twist: Greedo is not on screen, and a cardboard cutout of the rapper stands in for him. The song was the first music released after his collaborative album Still Summer in the Projects.

It pairs two of Los Angeles's most distinctive voices in rap.

Who is 03 Greedo?

03 Greedo, born Jason Jamal Jackson on July 26, 1987, was raised in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. He raps, sings, writes and produces, and he previously went by Greedy Giddy. He founded Golden Grenade Empire in 2016 and signed with Alamo Records in 2017, with releases distributed through Sony Music.

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His Purple Summer mixtape series, which began in 2016, brought him attention, and The Wolf of Grape Street followed in 2018.

What was happening around "Traphouse"?

Before the song, Greedo recorded enough music to hold fans over, and the release followed Still Summer in the Projects in 2019. That period was a busy one: he released the album God Level in 2018, the joint EP Meet the Drummers with Travis Barker in 2019, and Netflix & Deal with Kenny Beats in 2019.

The video's cardboard cutout is a creative workaround that keeps him present in the visual even though he is not physically there.

Who is Shoreline Mafia?

Shoreline Mafia is a Los Angeles group. Current members are OhGeesy (Alejandro Carranza) and Fenix Flexin (Fenix Rypinski), and former members include Rob Vicious and Master Kato. Their debut album, Mafia Bidness, came out in July 2020 on Atlantic and peaked at No. 27 on the Billboard 200.

Greedo and Shoreline Mafia had worked together before: both appeared on the Ron-Ron and Friends compilation mixtape in June 2018. "Traphouse" continued that West Coast link.

Quick answers

Who is featured on "Traphouse"? Shoreline Mafia.

Where is 03 Greedo from? The Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles.

What came before "Traphouse"? The collaborative album Still Summer in the Projects.