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… ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The last time we spoke to the Atlanta rapper, he was preparing to release his solo debut, Units In The City, after the success of the smash hit Laffy Taffy by his group D4L. With a release in late ...

It ain't a question, but I got the answers, too.... We know Minaj is talking about sugary sweets, but she actually means something else (that we can't explicitly say on this site). Similar candy ...

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 ...

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 ...