Hip hop industry remembers subtle genius David Jude Jolicoeur, aka Trugoy the Dove of De La Soul

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David Jude Jolicouer, one of the founding members of hip hop trio De La Soul, died over the weekend. The group's roots began on Long Island, but their music continues to make waves worldwide. NatDuddridgeTV reports.

Jolicouer, aka Trugoy the Dove, was known as a subtle genius who helped revolutionize hip hop.Joliceour was born in Brooklyn but raised in the Amityville, Long Island, area, where he met his two De La Soul other members. It was an unfamiliar area for hip hop at that time."Me Myself and I" was De La Soul's first song to play on MTV, and it catapulted the trio to success.

"I was totally shocked. I knew that he had, you know, some heart problems," said Pete Nice, co-curator of theNice got to tour and open for De La Soul in the late 1980s. He said Jolicoeur spoke openly about battling heart problems. Over the years, De La Soul was nominated for six Grammy Awards, winning one for Best Pop Vocal Collaboration for Gorillaz song"Feel Good Inc."

 

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