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 ...

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 ...

Beloved mixtape service DatPiff is reinventing by pairing with Archive.com to make past music accessible. DatPiff is rolling out its “next generation.” After the mixtape service announced last month ...

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 ...

After DatPiff’s servers crashed in mid March, operators of the beloved mixtape hub mitigated rumors of its demise by tweeting that the site was “still here” and would “still be supplying you with all ...

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, ...

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 ...

Fans are currently unable to access the website and app that has an enormous archive of hip hop releases, though DatPiff claim this is due to "technical issues" Hip hop mixtape app and website DatPiff ...