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 ...

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 ...

“I remember Diddy telling me years ago that DatPiff put out bigger projects in the last five years than all of the major labels combined,” says Kyle “KP” Reilly, vice president of DatPiff. “And that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lil B's first mixtape in a year-and-a-half, Black Ken, was slated to be released tomorrow (August 17), according to the Berkeley ...

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 ...

Either DatPiff’s website and/or app are shutting down, or reports of its death have been greatly exaggerated. As tributes were taking flight on Twitter on Monday evening, the official DatPiff account ...

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 ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The reason people will pay for this mixtape, and why rappers will continue to charge for mixtapes in the future, ...

This week’s new music Friday also features Omarion, Cypress Hill, Kevin Gates, Ayra Starr and Terrace Martin. 2 days ago Though this is a major win for Wayne fans, the release only features 12 tracks ...

When Chance the Rapper wonders out loud if he’s the only one who still cares about mixtapes in the middle of his new release Coloring Book, it’s hard not to scratch your head a little: This is a ...