David Jude Jolicoeur, known widely as Trugoy the Dove and one of the founding members of the Long Island hip hop trio De La Soul, has died. He was 54.
His representative Tony Ferguson confirmed the reports Sunday. No other information was immediately available.
Young Guru added, "Rest in peace my brother. You were loved. @plugwondelasoul I love you brother we are here for you. Smiles I love you bro. This is crazy" and DJ Semtex wrote that it was "heart wrenching news." De La Soul's debut studio album "3 Feet High and Rising," produced by Prince Paul, was released in 1989 by Tommy Boy Records and praised for being a more light-hearted and positive counterpart to more charged rap offerings like N.W.A's "Straight Outta Compton" and Public Enemy's "It Takes a Nation of Millions" released just one year prior.
"It's a hip-hop masterpiece for the era in which it was released," Jolicoeur told Billboard earlier this year. "I think the element of that time of what was taking place in music, hip-hop, and our culture, I think it welcomed that and opened up minds and spirits to see and try new different things. ... I think the innocence that we had back then was brave, but we were in a time where innocence was so cool.
"You think that you own your stuff and that now it's on cruise control, waiting for the checks to come in. But it is not that way at all. There's a lot to do," Jolicoeur told Billboard. "You do need collaborators, you do need help, you do need to rework back into the system and not necessarily be the lone commissioner of this project. You need allies, you need companies to work with, you need people to hire, and we learned a big lesson from that.
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