"La Di Da Di" is a song performed by Doug E. Fresh, who provides the beatboxed instrumental, and MC Ricky D (later known as Slick Rick), who performs the vocals.

[2] It was inducted into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress in April 2024.

"La Di Da Di" is a light-hearted party song wherein MC Ricky D (Slick Rick) tells a seemingly autobiographical story of a typical day in which he wakes up, bathes, gets dressed, and upon leaving his apartment is accosted by a female love interest, and then by her mother.

The original vinyl and cassette versions contain sung lyrics from "Sukiyaki" by A Taste of Honey, but due to a lack of clearance, CD versions are missing the following [slightly modified] refrains in the middle of the song:[citation needed] "It's all because of you, I'm feelin' sad and blue You went away, now my life is [filled with] rainy day[s] [And] I love you so, how much you'll never know 'Cause you took your love away from me" Snoop Dogg covered "La Di Da Di" (titled "Lodi Dodi") on his 1993 debut album Doggystyle.

for example, has appeared in songs like Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock's "It Takes Two", Ludacris and Mary J. Blige's "Runaway Love," Beastie Boys' "Hold It Now, Hit It," N.W.A.