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 ...

D4L's "Laffy Taffy" ascends three rungs to claim the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 this week. The cut ends the two-week run of Mariah Carey's "Don't Forget About Us," which drops considerably… ...

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 ...

It was silly. It was fun. It was undeniably catchy. “Laffy Taffy” was a verifiable hit. The 2005 single from the previously unknown Atlanta group D4L topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart, dethroning ...

On the surface, D4L’s “Laffy Taffy” sounds like a shoutout to a sweet shop, with references to bubble gum, Jolly Ranchers and Chic-O-Sticks. But if you listen carefully, the popular single isn’t so ...

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.

Their song, "Laffy Taffy", has sold for more than 510,000 digital tracks in its 12th week on Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart. Their debut album, "Down 4 Life", was released jointly by Dee Money ...