The New York Times

Mixtape Sites Like DatPiff Propelled Rap. Can They Be Preserved?

Websites offering up free — and not always legal — music flourished in the gap between the fall of the CD era and the rise of streaming. Keeping those archives intact is proving difficult. By Brian ...
Stereogum

A Requiem For The Datpiff Era

For hip-hop fans, the mixtape download service Datpiff was a necessity as much as a tool. At a time where the dynamics of the game were changing in the corporate world – Jay-Z literally became an ...
Business Insider

Could Legendary Hip Hop Platform DatPiff Serve as a Springboard for ‘Music NFTs’?

Last week, social media was abuzz with whispers that DatPiff, the venerable hip hop mixtape platform, might be closing shop after 18 years of unparalleled service to the music community. Though the ...
AllHipHop

DatPiff Addresses Rumors The Platform Is Shutting Down

The site is experiencing technical issues. Before Apple Music and Spotify, there was a period when many rap fans listened to their favorite artists’ music via Datpiff. The 18-year-old audio platform ...
Uproxx

No, DatPiff Didn’t Shut Down, Despite What Online Rumors Suggested

Hip-hop fans were dismayed to learn that long-running mixtape streaming site DatPiff — whose existence even predates that of more mainstream DSPs like Spotify — had shut down yesterday, leading to a ...
The Fader

This was almost an obituary for DatPiff

The Rap Report is The FADER’s column dedicated to highlights in the rap world, from megastar artists to the deep underground. After federal agents raided DJ Drama’s studio on behalf of the RIAA in ...
The Source

How Mixtapes Evolved Into the Streaming Era

There’s a scene that anyone who came up in hip-hop culture in the late 90s or early 2000s remembers clearly: walking into a ...
Complex

‘We’re Still Here and Stronger Than Ever’: How DatPiff Found Its Niche

15 years after its launch, DatPiff lives on. Vice president Kyle “KP” Reilly explains how the platform found its niche and remains an important hip-hop archive.
Okayplayer

Are The Lights Still On at DatPiff?

Despite assurances from the site itself, DatPiff users are bracing for the worst after rumors of a shutdown began circulating on Monday night. If you were on or around Rap Twitter last night, there's ...
Complex

Waka Flocka Calls DatPiff Culture Vultures for ‘Making Millions’ Off Artists' Mixtapes

Waka Flocka had some strong words for DatPiff on Wednesday. Just days after the Brick Squad rapper posted all his mixtapes to SoundCloud, DatPiff’s vice president Kyle “KP” Reilly posted a tweet that ...
Hypebeast

Datpiff Responds to Shut Down Speculation

Earlier this week, some alarming news began to spread claiming that iconic mixtape streaming platform DatPiff had shut down. Users that visited the site on Monday ...