R.I.P. Trugoy the Dove (De La Soul)
Trugoy the Dove (real name David Jolicoeur), from De La Soul, has died at the age of 54. While no cause of death has been released (although Trugoy previously mentioned that he was battling congestive heart failure.)
90s hip-hop fans will know the group from the breakout single, “Me Myself and I”.
De La Soul was once again in the spotlight, in 2005, when they collaborated with Gorillaz for their hit single, “Feel Good Inc.”, which won them a Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Collaboration (the first Grammy win in the group’s career) after being nominated three times previously.
We caught the trio when they headlined Rock the Garden in 2014, and wrote, “Long Island hip-hop trio at least knew that a lot of younger people in the Walker audience had maybe never even heard of them. But, playing with a harder edge than on record, the group (MCs Posdnuos and Dave, and MC/DJ Maseo) made sure the audience remembered them after their night-closing performance. Even mentioning they’d released their entire catalog online for free (a pirated-sourced version, no less), the three were backed by the ever-seasoned Los Angeles nine-piece, The Rhythm Roots All-Stars, who has backed up almost every late 80’s/early ‘90s rap act, at some point… A slightly different version of best-known hit, ‘Me, Myself & I’ followed, somewhat lazily, but tempo ramped back up with Gorillaz hit, ‘Feel Good, inc.’, which was a crowd favorite, though could have benefited from a recorded Damon Albarn vocal, to fill out the song better…”
Trivia: The legendary rap trio appeared on Cartoon Network’s Teen Titans Go! (the children cartoon is based on Marv Wolfman and George Perez’s New Teen Titans comics).
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