De La Soul

2023 - 2 - 13

De La Soul rapper David Jolicoeur, known as Trugoy the Dove ... (CNN)

David Jude Jolicoeur, better known under stage name Trugoy the Dove as one third of iconic rap trio De La Soul, has died.

The group’s first six albums will be available to stream in March 2023, according to Billboard. Ferguson said Jolicoeur’s passing was “a huge loss” in a phone call to CNN. The most recent album that Jolicoeur and De La Soul released was “And the Anonymous Nobody…” in 2016. to emulate the group’s unique style. The album’s interlude skits, conceptual sound and samplings of James Brown’s music influenced artists such as A Tribe Called Quest, Public Enemy and N.W.A. The placement of the hippie-inspired song in “No Way Home” drew in renewed interest in De La Soul, but the song

David Jolicoeur: Rapper and founding member of De La Soul dies (BBC News)

David Jolicoeur went by the name Trugoy the Dove and was notably absent from last week's Grammy's.

It included hits The Magic Number and Me, Myself and I. "His music will allow him to live in our hearts and minds," he wrote. "But not only was he a great musician but he was a great human being.

David Jolicoeur, founding member of De La Soul who also ... (The Guardian)

Rapper co-founded the legendary trio who changed the face of hip-hop in the late 80s and early 90s.

B Real – a rapper with the hip-hop group Cypress Hill – called Jolicoeur a “legend of hip hop music and culture … His music will allow him to live in our hearts and minds.” De La Soul forever.” “I’m ready just to get back to the stage,” he said. “A blessing we got a chance to unite again … “I miss it.”

De La Soul co-founder Trugoy the Dove dead at 54 (1 News)

Tributes have poured in for the rapper, a prominent member of the Native Tongues collective that greatly influenced alternative hip hop in the 1990s.

De La Soul released eight albums and in March were going to make their streaming service debut, on Spotify, Apple Music and others after a long battle with Tommy Boy Records about legal and publishing matters. Jolicoeur was born in Brooklyn, New York, but raised in the Amityville area of Long Island, where he met Vincent Mason (Pasemaster Mase) and Kelvin Mercer (Posdnuos) and the three decided to form a rap group, with each taking on distinctive names. In Rolling Stone, critic Michael Azerrad called it the first "psychedelic hip-hop record". Their existence said to me, a black geek from Connecticut that yes, hip-hop belongs to you too, and Trugoy was the balance, McCartney to Pos Lennon, Keith to his Mick. Trugoy, Jolicoeur said, was backwards for "yogurt". In recent years, Jolicoeur had said he was battling congestive heart failure, living with a LifeVest machine affixed to his person.

De La Soul founding member Trugoy The Dove dead at 54 (Stuff.co.nz)

Born David Jude Jolicoeur, the rapper's death was confirmed by representatives to hip-hop outlets theGrio and AllHipHop.

De La Soul rapper dies aged 54 (Newstalk ZB)

David Jude Jolicoeur, known widely as Trugoy the Dove and one of the founding members of Long Island hip-hop trio De La Soul, has died. He was 54. His repr.

In Rolling Stone, critic Michael Azerrad called it the first “psychedelic hip-hop record”. Jolicoeur was born in Brooklyn but raised in the Amityville area of Long Island, where he met Vincent Mason (Pasemaster Mase) and Kelvin Mercer (Posdnuos) and the three decided to form a rap group, each taking on distinctive names. In recent years, Jolicoeur had said he was battling congestive heart failure, living with a LifeVest machine affixed to his person.