
“You Were the Heart of Our Group:” De La Soul Makes Public Statement On Trugoy’s Passing
Surviving De La Soul members, Posdnuos and Maseo, gave a statement on Instagram nearly two weeks after Trugoy the Dove's death.
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De La Soul’s Dave “Trugoy” Jolicoeur was an Example of the Boundless Potential of Hip-Hop
David “Trugoy” Jolicoeur died on Sunday. As one third of the iconic hip-hop group De La Soul, Dave taught hip-hop fans what being free sounded like. Throughout the Summer of 1996, a weekly PBS, and BBC-produced docuseries called Rock & Roll aired in the US. With its broad and malleable definition of “rock & roll,"
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