De La Soul's Trugoy the Dove Has Died at 54

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On February 12 it was confirmed that Trugoy The Dove of De La Soul had passed away at 54. Until this week the two remaining members of De La Soul, Maseo and Posdnuos hadn't commented on their bandmate's passing but that changed on Wednesday when they both shared their own tributes via social media. In the first of two statements posted on the official De La Soul Instagram page, Maseo wrote: “Dave – thank you so much for being in my life.

De La Soul have broken their social media silence with two Instagram posts paying tribute to bandmate David “Trugoy The Dove” Jolicoeur who died on February 12 at the age of 54.Both posts consisted of lengthy messages from each surviving member, accompanied by a carousel of images depicting the rapper throughout his career. In the first, Posdnuos pays his tributes, expressing: “You were the heart of our group.

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who died at 54 on Sunday — the group’s biggest hit, 1989’s “Me Myself and I,” was created under duress.“ ‘Me Myself and I’ was almost like a punishment,” the rapper, whose real name was David Jude Jolicoeur, told Rolling Stone in one of his final interviews. “It’s typical — the label comes and says: ‘Hey, we need one more, but we need something poppy and something familiar.’ ”The song — which went on to become De La Soul’s only No.

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multipleoutlets on Sunday. The group's rep told CNN that Jolicoeur's death is «a huge loss.» A cause of death was not immediately available, but Jolicoeur revealed in a 2017 video that he'd been diagnosed with congestive heart failure. ET has reached out to the rep for comment.Jolicoeur teamed up with high school buddies Vincent Manson, who's known as Pasemaster Mase, and Kelvin Mercer, who's known as Posdnuos, to form De La Soul in 1988. Their debut album, , was released the next year.Throughout their career, the group earned six GRAMMY nominations.

Damon Albarn has shared a musical tribute to De La Soul‘s David “Trugoy The Dove” Jolicoeur.The founding member of the hip-hop trio died at the age of 54 yesterday (February 12).  Details about the cause of his death have not yet been released, however the rapper had been suffering from several health issues in recent years.Tributes were paid by the likes Cypress Hill‘s B-Real, Public Enemy‘s Chuck D, JPEGMAFIA and Kaytranada following his death.Now Albarn, who collaborated with the trio on Gorillaz‘s 2005 single ‘Feel Good Inc.’, has shared a short solo piano instrumental in tribute to Trugoy. “A loop for Dave.

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Trugoy the Dove, the rapper and producer born David Jude Jolicoeur who changed hip-hop as one-third of De La Soul, has died. He was 54. A representative for Jolicoeur confirmed his passing to The FADER.