Laffy Taffy by D4L
Artist: D4L Weeks at #1: 1 week Chart dates: January 14, 2006
About
On Jan. 5, 2006, Atlanta-based hip-hop crew D4L dethroned Mariah Carey for the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 with their hit “Laffy Taffy.” It was featured on their first and only album, Down for Life, released in November 2005. It broke the 2007 Guinness World Record for most downloaded song in the history of music. And it was all inspired by a night at the studio after hitting Babe’s stripclub in Atlanta. “We brought a couple of girls back to the studio, and I was just in the booth saying something like, ‘Tootsie roll,’ at first,” Fabo said in an interview with Complex. “I had this piece of candy in my pocket and pulled it out and said, ‘Girl, shake that Laffy Taffy.’ And from there, we just perfected it. It was just that moment.”
