Last month, rap star Lil Wayne announced that his much-anticipated album, "Tha Carter IV" would be released Aug. 29. It was a long wait from the original anticipated date in May -- even longer for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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.

The underground mixtape has long been a staple in hip-hop, with blended DJ selections being all the rage throughout the '90s. But this decade saw the format mutate: Rappers began to take matters into ...

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 ...