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. Most Recently, in 2011, D4L signed a joint venture with 50 Cent's G-Unit Record Label. 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". Ghostface Killah asks "Y'all stuck on Laffy Taffy/Wonderin' how'd y'all niggas get past me?" Ghostface had mocked the "snap dance" during his 2005 tour. However, as the Group celebrated their success with the single "Laffy Taffy" (a Multi-Platinum hit), criticism quickly arose during "The Champ" from 2006's Fishscale. Another version featured Upcoming 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. Produced by Cory Way p/k/a "Born Immaculate, Broderick Thompson Smith and Richard Sims p/k/a "K-Rab". Their Hit Single "Laffy Taffy" achieved supreme success on the charts, largely due to its enormous online sales. As other performances soon followed the group's popularity continued to soar. Several other accredited & Upcoming Artists also performed alongside the group at the Oakley-Lindsay Civic Center In Quinzy, IL. Most notably the Joplin, MO Hip Hop Duo Midwest Connect Featuring Artists K-Laid (Koo-Laid) and Neno Blakc. While being promoted through Outreach Entertainment, they performed alongside some of the Midwest's Elite Underground Artists. Following their immediate success, In 2006, the group went on tour. They are best known for their hit single " Laffy Taffy" which reached number-one on the U.S. The group's debut Album "Down For Life" was released jointly by Dee Money and Asylum Records in November 2005.
ATown Legend.D4L was an American rap group composed of Fabo, Mook-B, Stoney and Shawty Lo.
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However, the controversial series ultimately never aired after critics panned the show’s premise, which focused on Shawty Lo and his 11 children with 10 women. In 2013, Shawty Lo filmed a reality show called All My Babies’ Mamas that was scheduled to air on the Oxygen channel. The rapper continued to release mixtapes and make featured appearances throughout the past decade, rapping alongside Lil Wayne, Gucci Mane, Rick Ross, Killer Mike, Ludacris and many more. For “Dey Know,” Shawty Lo was named Rookie of the Year at the 2008 BET Hip-Hop Awards, but the rapper would never release another album despite aligning with 50 Cent’s G-Unit label in 2011. Walker embarked on a solo career that included another hit, “Dey Know,” from his 2008 solo album Units in the City. D4L also released their debut LP Down for Life in 2005, which peaked at Number 22 on the Billboard 200, but the group disbanded the next year.ĭ’Quincy Dukes & Carlos “Shawty Lo” Walker, both friends from Bowen Holmes & both gone too soon. The rapper rose to prominence in 2005 along with his D4L crew, short for “Down for Life,” with their hit “Laffy Taffy,” the chart-topping single that helped popularize the Atlanta-bred genre snap music. Two other people in the car were taken to the hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries. Walker, who was driving at the time of the accident, was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene.
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