DatPiff

DatPiff

Type of site	Digital music
Available in	English
Headquarters	U.S.
Area served	Worldwide
Owner	MediaLab AI Inc. [1]
Founder(s)	Marcus Frasier
Key people	Kyle "KP" Reilly (EVP, Head of Music)
Revenue	$2.3 million [2]
Employees	10 [2]
URL	datpiff.com
Registration	None
Users	15,000,000+
Launched	2005
Current status	Inactive

DatPiff was an online audio distribution platform that was launched in 2005. It is headquartered in Pennsylvania. ^[2] It specializes in hip-hop, rap, and urban music. ^[3] The site was founded in the spring of 2005 by Marcus Frasier. ^{[4] [5]} It is owned by MediaLab AI Inc. ^[6] In April 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. ^[7]

Features

A key feature of DatPiff was that unregistered users are allowed to download any mixtape uploaded to the site that has been sponsored. Registered users were 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. ^[8]

Users could 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.

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

References

1. "Brands | MediaLab". www.medialab.la. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
2. "Idle Media Inc". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on January 18, 2013. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
3. "Idle Media Inc". Investors Hub. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
4. Michael Humphrey (August 4, 2011). "Datpiff: How Love For Mixtapes Grew To Lil Wayne Levels". Forbes. Archived from the original on November 30, 2018. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
5. Meaghan Garvey (December 16, 2014). "The Minds Behind Music's Biggest Tech Advances in the Last 10 Years". Complex. Archived from the original on November 30, 2018. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
6. "Brands | MediaLab". www.medialab.la. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
7. Josephs, Brian (June 28, 2023). "Mixtape Sites Like DatPiff Propelled Rap. Can They Be Preserved?". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved December 12, 2023.
8. Martin, Williams (June 7, 2020). "What is DatPiff?". TechGeek. Archived from the original on June 11, 2020. Retrieved June 11, 2020.