Bad Rap
Faith driven Christian hip hop, free to stream, built for listeners who want rap with purpose.
Dive into 18 tracks of Christian hip-hop from 2025 rooted in Christian faith and purpose. MFAW is now available on Bad Rap! Stream it free, follow along with the lyrics, and download your favorites for offline listening. No account or subscription needed. 🎧 Listen now at badrap.app or in the Bad Rap app.
Kyle Lowery makes Christian rap rooted in faith, family, and the honest stories that shape a life. First known as K-Low, he began sharing his music in high school and continues to write about hope, hurt, and healing. Through Bad Rap, Lowery and his high school friend Andrew Dickens are making that music freely available and building a community.
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Bad Rap for Apple
Christian hip hop with purpose. Get the free Bad Rap app for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Apple TV.
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Bad Rap for Android
Bad Rap is on the way to Android. We’re bringing the music and mission to more of the devices you use every day.
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Android Auto and Android Automotive OS.
These Android experiences are in development. Launch details and availability will be announced in Bad Rap News.
See latest NewsBad Rap showcases Christian hip hop artists, starting with Lowery's catalog, with free streaming, integrated lyrics, shuffle playback, album browsing, and a web player built for following along.
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Read lyrics in the library and follow along while tracks play.
Play the catalog in the browser with synced lyric timing.
Some context from a quick Google search:
The idiom "gets a bad rap"
(often confused with "bad rep") means someone or something acquires an undeserved negative reputation or faces unfair criticism. While "rep" is short for reputation, "rap" historically stems from 18th-century slang for punishment or a criminal charge (as in a "rap sheet").
A "rap sheet" is an informal term for a person's official criminal history record.
The acronym "RAP" stands for Record of Arrest and Prosecution
Historically—-Hip-Hop as a culture is deeply rooted in being beautifully notorious for giving voices to the voiceless. Rap is an art form of storytelling and bold self-expression. I’ve heard it said, all real rappers are preaching something. It’s the message within the music that has established hip-hop’s place in the world of music. In our modern era, over 50 years removed from the birth of Hip-Hop circa 1973, The Bronx NY, this worldwide phenomenon has evolved many times over. One common thread that remains true is that real rap, is able to connect people in a unique way that breaks barriers like no other genre of music. Heart to heart. Mind to mind. Soul to soul. Lyrics can deliver life or death. That exchange is up to the lyricist and the listener. At Bad Rap, we believe that is a sacred relationship and we take it as an honor and heavy mantle of responsibility. We take it seriously. Isaiah 55 promises that God’s Word does not return to Him void, it does what He intends it to do. In John 6, Peter confesses to Jesus, that He has the words of eternal life, then asking on behalf of the remaining disciples “where else would we go?” At Bad Rap, we infuse our content and lyrics with the life that is solely found in Gods Word. Hip-Hop typically gets a “bad rap” these days because of how profitable it has become to abuse and exploit the culture and the listeners. We refuse to partake in that. We see a gap in the game and are here to fill it by God’s grace. With that, we love you and want nothing but The Lord’s absolute best for you and your family. Don’t hesitate to explore and to even reach out if you ever feel you want to connect with us.
Desiring that we all speak the Truth in love, on and off the microphone,
The Bad Rap Team
To redeem rap, and use it as a tool that builds families up in Christian faith.
The launch catalog spotlights Lowery's original Christian rap.
