Country-Trap Is Not a Joke: Cypress Ray Proves It
From Louisiana church choirs to Auto-Tune anthems — Cypress Ray is building a genre from the ground up.
"People laughed at first," Cypress Ray admits with a grin. "They heard 'country-trap' and thought it was a TikTok bit. Then they actually listened."
What they heard was something unexpectedly beautiful. Cypress Ray's music combines the storytelling tradition of Southern gospel and country with the production sensibilities of modern trap. "Bayou Gospel," his debut single, layers twangy slide guitar over booming 808s while he sings about faith, doubt, and growing up in rural Louisiana.
T-Pain's cosign helped, but the music was going to find its audience regardless. There's a sincerity to Cypress Ray's work that transcends genre labels — it's the sound of someone being unapologetically himself, and in 2025, that's the rarest thing in music.
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Jaylen Morris
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Cypress Ray
Baton Rouge, LA
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