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 ...

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 ...

Fans were holding a funeral for legendary mixtape platform Datpiff a little bit too soon. Fans noticed the site was down, leading to rumors that the mixtape hub had run its course. Hitting Twitter, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. B26G5T MP3 music download website - Credit: Alamy Stock Photo Legendary mixtape platform DatPiff has uploaded the entirety of its ...

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 ...

Pressing altered versions of classic projects into boutique collector’s items sends a fuzzy message in a significant year, Nadine Smith writes. This year has been filled with countless tributes to rap ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nipsey Hussle The emergence of significant DSPs like Spotify and Apple Music may have effectively ended the mixtape era. Before ...