Kelvin “Posdnous” Mercer, Dave “Trugoy the Dove” Jolicoeur, and Vincent “Maseo” Mason formed De La Soul as Long Island teenagers in 1988. With the release of their landmark debut 3 Feet High and ...

David Jolicoeur has died. The De La Soul founding member, who was known as Trugoy the Dove, has died at age 54, the hip-hop trio's publicist confirmed to multiple outlets on Sunday. The group's rep ...

David Jolicoeur, better known to music fans as Trugoy the Dove, Plug Two, or most recently simply Dave, died on Sunday at age 54. It was shocking news that meant that we had just lost one-third of De ...

In 1991, only one album into its career, De La Soul tried to pull off an unusually audacious move. The hip-hop trio’s 1989 debut, 3 Feet High and Rising, was a dense but accessible bricolage of ...

When Marcus J. Moore set out to write High and Rising—a cultural biography of De La Soul—he wasn’t only documenting the journey of one of hip-hop’s most influential groups. He was also celebrating the ...

David “Trugoy The Dove” Jolicoeur, a groundbreaking member of the hip-hop trio De La Soul, has died. He was 54. His passing was confirmed by his management team, All Hip-Hop first reported.

Trugoy the Dove, a founding member of the legendary rap group De La Soul, has died. He was 54. Details are still scarce on the cause of death, which was first announced as an AllHipHop exclusive. But ...

Music journalist and author Marcus J. Moore‘s new book about De La Soul, High and Rising, came out this week via HarperCollins imprint Dey Street Books. It’s Moore’s second book — he published The ...