Many radio stations offer free rap music online, sometimes as a live broadcast and others as a recording. Check to see if local radio stations in the area offer this service by logging onto their website.
There are also websites that offer access to hundreds or even thousands of radio stations online. Live365.com offers more than 6,000 radio stations that are run by people, not generated by computers or focus groups. Listeners can search for stations by genre, such as R&B, talk or rap. There are also daily Live365 station recommendations and a search feature to find a station that plays a specific song or artist.
There are several websites that offer continuous, free music that can be catered to the musical tastes of the listener. For example, Pandora.com allows the user to create unique "stations" by specifying the artists, songs or genre(s) desired, and then automatically matches these to songs that have similar characteristics and adds them to the listener's stations. The listener is able to continuously modify the stations and add or remove songs at will.
Mymusicstream.com offers listeners free streaming for rap music, and also boasts free downloads, online radio, news about the top music and rap artists, gig guides, and more. Users may also filter songs by most downloaded or most played, to keep up with the most popular music. Rap music charts are displayed on the site to show how well different songs are doing across the country.
Rhapsody.com offers online radio, MP3 and play list capabilities, blogs, videos, photos and other features as well for a variety of music genres. On top of this, there is a great selection for the type of rap music a listener has access to, from Christian rap to indie, novelty and Southern rap.
Internet-only stations are broadcast through the Internet only and are not available on the radio. Vtuner.com allows access to many such stations that are based all over the world. The user can search for stations based on genre, country of origin, or both to find a station to suit his listening preferences.