In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Simply by ...

XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment: Jan. 14, 2006: Atlanta rap crew D4L crafted a platinum-selling hit and guaranteed new millennium party-starter when they recorded their 2005 single ...

On Jan. 5, 2006, Atlanta-based hip-hop crew D4Ldethroned Mariah Carey for the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 with their smash hit, "Laffy Taffy." The track, produced by Born Immaculate (Cory Way) ...

Whether you choose to admit or not, D4L made a lasting impact when they released their breakout “Laffy Taffy” single on October 18, 2005. In previous years, rap songs that sounded like they were ...

Atlanta rapper Carlos “Shawty Lo” Walker, a member of the rap group D4L whose “Laffy Taffy” topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 2005, died early Wednesday morning in a car crash in Fulton County, Georgia.

Atlanta rapper Carlos “Shawty Lo” Walker died in a car accident in Fulton County, Georgia on Wednesday morning. He was 40 years old. The artist had been member of the hip hop collective D4L, whose ...

In 2006, Nick Barat profiled Fabo for the 41st issue of The FADER. Last year, the ultra-minimal doont doont SNAP, doont doont SNAP of D4L's "Laffy Taffy" morphed from obscure Atlanta single to ...

The rapper chimed in with AllHipHop.com to discuss the little known, but lengthy career of the group. From the affects of the single, to project housing, to the Down 4 Life movement… Mookie B is no ...

Whether you choose to admit or not, D4L made a lasting impact when they released their breakout “Laffy Taffy” single on October 18, 2005. In previous years, rap songs that sounded like they were ...