Retrieved January 10, 2011.**Disclaimer**: The author makes up a lot of new catch phrases in this article which may or may not enter the hip hop lexicon, pay close attention. Recording Industry Association of America.

^ 'RIAA – Gold & Platinum – January 10, 2011: 'Betcha Can't Do It Like Me' certified awards'.

^ 'RIAA – Gold & Platinum – January 10, 2011: 'Laffy Taffy' certified awards'.

^ 'The Official Charts Company – D4L'.

^ 'charts.nz – New Zealand charts portal'.

^ 'D4L Album & Song Chart History – Pop Songs'.

^ 'D4L Album & Song Chart History – Rap Songs'.

^ 'D4L Album & Song Chart History – R&B/Hip-Hop Songs'.

^ 'D4L Album & Song Chart History – Hot 100'.

^ 'RIAA – Gold & Platinum – January 10, 2011: D4L certified albums'.

^ 'D4L Album & Song Chart History – Rap Albums'.

^ 'D4L Album & Song Chart History – R&B/Hip-Hop Albums'.

^ 'D4L Album & Song Chart History – Billboard 200'.

^ 'D4L's 'Taffy' Dethrones Mariah on Hot 100'.

'-' denotes releases that did not chart or were not released to that country

Label: Ice Age Entertainment, Dee Money Entertainment, Asylum Records, Atlantic Records.

Most recently, in 2011, D4L signed a joint venture with 50 Cent's G-Unit record label.ĭiscography Studio albums Title He released his solo debut Units in the City in 2008. After D4L's debut album, Shawty Lo embarked on a solo career.

Rapper Liam 'Smack Eyes' Thomas claims that the group stole the lyrics from his rhyme book. There has also been controversy on who wrote the lyrics to 'Laffy Taffy'. On the track 'The Champ' from 2006's FishScale, Ghostface Killah asks 'Y'all stuck on Laffy Taffy/Wonderin' how'd y'all niggas get past me?' Ghostface had previously mocked the 'snap dance' during his 2005 tour. However, as the group celebrated their success with the single 'Laffy Taffy' (a Multi-Platinum hit), they quickly garnered criticism from the hip hop establishment. Another version featured the Chicago rapper Twista. There are several remixes of the song, most notably the official remix featuring rapper Busta Rhymes. The song samples and interpolates elements of 'Candy Girl' by New Edition. It was produced by Cory Way p/k/a Born Immaculate, Broderick Thompson Smith and Richard Sims p/k/a K-Rab. 'Laffy Taffy' achieved continued success on the charts, largely due to its significant online sales. As other performances soon followed the group's popularity continued to soar. Several other accredited and up-and-coming artists also performed alongside the group at the Oakley-Lindsay Civic Center in Quincy, IL. While being promoted through Outreach Entertainment, they performed alongside several of the Midwest's then up-and-coming artists, most notably the Joplin, Missouri-based hip hop duo Midwest Connect composed of Southeast Kansas artist Brent Ward (Koo-Laid) and St. Following their immediate success, the group went on tour. The group's debut album Down for Life, was released jointly by Dee Money Entertainment and Asylum Records, in November 2005. Like fellow Atlanta rap group Dem Franchize Boyz, D4L was part of the snap music trend of the mid-2000s, which arguably peaked when rapper Soulja Boy Tell 'Em came out with the number one hit song ' Crank That (Soulja Boy)' in 2007. In January 2006, D4L's single ' Laffy Taffy' reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The group debuted with 'Betcha Can't Do It Like Me', which Billboard claimed to have popularized snap music. D4L signed to the independent Dee Money Entertainment, which released the group's debut in conjunction with Asylum Records. He explained that the group's name stands for 'Down for Life'. Rapper Shawty Lo (born Carlos Walker) self-funded the group in its early days.

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