BTR Music: Hip Hop & Afrobeats

Your next favourite artist is one tap away. We’ve tightened iPhone playback to keep BTR fast, smooth and reliable—from the first press of play to every track after it.

Rap, Afrobeats, drill, Amapiano, R&B, Electronic. Hear it before it blows up.

BTR Music is where you hear hip hop, rap, Afrobeats, drill, trap, R&B, Amapiano, dancehall and electronic music before it blows up — new artists, new scenes, new sounds, first.

No signup wall. Press play.

MUSIC STREAMING + DISCOVERY Listen to full tracks across the sounds moving culture now. BTR Music puts rising names and brand-new artists in front of you before anyone else hears them. • Stream full music tracks • Discover new music and artists • Follow artists and profiles • Build, browse and share playlists • Explore music by genre, country, sub-genre and scene • See what is rising now

HIP HOP, RAP, AFROBEATS & MORE Explore hip hop, rap, trap, drill, R&B & Soul, Afrobeats, Amapiano, dancehall, Latin Urban, reggae, grime, phonk, Jersey Club, gospel, club music, instrumentals, samples and full-length DJ mixes. Electronic music runs deeper too — house and groove, techno and hard, drum & bass and jungle, garage, bass and breaks, trance and festival sounds, global club, leftfield and chill.

DISCOVER NEW MUSIC BEFORE IT BLOWS UP BTR makes music discovery active instead of passive.

DROP ROULETTE Hear one unknown track each day before the artist name, cover or hype is revealed. Listen first. Make the call. Then reveal who made it.

SCOUT Hear an artist or track early? Scout it and build a record of what you backed before the wider audience arrived.

POWER CHARTS + TRACK BATTLES Follow movement across countries, genres and sub-genres. See what is gaining momentum and put tracks head-to-head in battles where listeners choose.

LOCAL MUSIC SCENES Scenes Heat turns real listening activity into a local signal so you can see what is rising around you. Browse music events, see what's happening in your city, RSVP and share the night with friends.

FOLLOW ARTISTS. GET CLOSER. Streaming is only the start. Follow artists, message participating artists directly and carry tracks, playlists, events and artist cards into conversation. BTR also supports tips, personalised Shoutouts and Superfan access where available.

MUSIC WITH YOUR PEOPLE Add friends and create Crews — private music-first group spaces built around tracks, artists, playlists, events and real-time conversation. Send a track. Share a playlist. Find an event. Run it back together.

SUPPORT THE ARTISTS YOU RATE For participating artists, listeners can go beyond streaming. Tip an artist, become a Superfan, back an artist early or request a personalised Shoutout. Exclusive drops and artist updates give fans more ways to stay close to the music and the people making it.

NO SIGNUP WALL Open BTR Music and press play. Create an account when you want to follow artists, save your history, build playlists, join social features, support artists or connect more deeply with the music community.

ARTISTS CAN GET ON BTR BTR is built for artists as well as listeners. Artists can join the wider BTR platform, upload music, build an artist profile and put tracks in front of listeners across hip hop, rap, trap, drill, R&B, Afrobeats, Amapiano, dancehall, electronic music and more.

BUILT AROUND WHAT IS MOVING NOW BTR is not built around one country, one chart or one sound. Explore local and global scenes and find artists you may be hearing for the first time — before everyone else does.

BTR MUSIC Hip hop. Rap. Afrobeats. Drill. Amapiano. R&B. Dancehall. Electronic music. Global to local. Next up, first. Where the culture blows up. Built for what comes next.

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