DatPiff

DatPiff is an online audio distribution platform that was launched in 2005. It is headquartered in Pennsylvania.[1] It specializes in hip-hop, rap, and urban music.[2] The site was founded in the spring of 2005 by Marcus Frasier.[3][4] It is owned by MediaLab AI Inc..[5] In April of 2023, DatPiff announced that it was undergoing a revision, mainly as result of a major decline in the traffic the website was receiving, as well as copyright issues with many mixtapes on the website.

DatPiff
Type of site
Digital Music
Available inEnglish
Headquarters
U.S.
Area servedWorldwide
Founder(s)Marcus Frasier
Key people
  • Kyle "KP" Reilly (EVP, Head of Music)
RevenueIncrease $2.3 million [1]
Employees10[1]
URLdatpiff.com
RegistrationNot required
Users15,000,000+
Launched2005
Current statusActive

Features

A key feature of DatPiff is that unregistered users are allowed to download any mixtape uploaded to the site that has been Sponsored - i.e. funded by the artist or label free of charge. Registered users are permitted a limited number of downloads of non-sponsored mixtapes per day. Premium paid users have an unlimited number of downloads of any mixtape. Mixtapes may be streamed by any user. Premium content may also be purchased.[6]

Users can register as either an artist or fan - the key difference being that artists upload their work to the site while fans may only listen to these works.[7]

DatPiff has mobile applications for iOS (iPhone and iPad), Android, Windows Phone 7, BlackBerry, and WebOS.

References
  1. "Idle Media Inc". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on 2013-01-18. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
  2. "Idle Media Inc". Investors Hub. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  3. Michael Humphrey (August 4, 2011). "Datpiff: How Love For Mixtapes Grew To Lil Wayne Levels". Forbes. Archived from the original on 2018-11-30. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
  4. Meaghan Garvey (December 16, 2014). "The Minds Behind Music's Biggest Tech Advances in the Last 10 Years". Complex. Archived from the original on 2018-11-30. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
  5. "MediaLab". www.media-lab.ai. Archived from the original on 2019-10-22. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
  6. Martin, Williams. "What is DatPiff?". TechGeek. Archived from the original on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  7. "Mp3 Juice". vwv.mp3juice.tools. Archived from the original on 2022-08-10. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
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