De La Soul Member Dave, AKA Trugoy the Dove, Lifeless at 54

David Jolicoeur — often known as Dave and Trugoy the Dove, who was one of many three members of De La Soul — has died.

Sources acquainted with the scenario inform TMZ the rapper handed away Sunday at a hospital in Maryland. No different particulars, together with a possible trigger, have been launched … however we’re advised his dying seems to be from pure causes, and that he was battling an undisclosed sickness.

De La Soul’s official social accounts have but to say something about Dave — ditto for the opposite two members and their very own pages … Kelvin Mercer (Pos) and Vincent Mason (Maseo).

Dave was with DLS because the starting, getting collectively in ’88 and occurring to crank out a few of the most well-known rap songs of all time. The group went on an unbelievable four-album run by way of the ’90s — with two of these being licensed platinum and gold, respectively.

A few of their greatest recognized tracks embrace … “Me, Myself and I,” “Eye Know,” “The Magic Quantity,” “Stakes Is Excessive,” “Ring Ring Ring,” “Say No Go,” “Breakadawn,” “Oooh,” “Buddy,” “All Good,” “Ghetto Thang,” “I Am I Be,” “Ego Trippin, Pt 2” and numerous others.

De La Soul was distinctive in that they emerged in a single decade, however seamlessly transitioned into one other … all whereas adapting their type and manufacturing to maintain up with the occasions.

Three of their songs have been nominated for Grammys through the years, with a type of — a smash hit collab with the Gorillaz in “Really feel Good Inc.” — truly successful Greatest Pop Collaboration in 2006.

Their music has been laborious to hearken to lately … for one cause or one other, no one has been capable of stream their stuff on main platforms, however a deal was not too long ago inked that’ll lastly enable their basic tunes to be performed en masse beginning subsequent month.

Dave was 54.