{"id":290,"date":"2023-02-16T18:05:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T18:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2023\/2023\/02\/16\/de-la-soul-is-from-the-soul-remembering-trugoy\/"},"modified":"2023-02-16T18:05:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T18:05:00","slug":"de-la-soul-is-from-the-soul-remembering-trugoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2023\/2023\/02\/16\/de-la-soul-is-from-the-soul-remembering-trugoy\/","title":{"rendered":"De La Soul is From the Soul: Remembering Trugoy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When TMZ<\/a> first reported on February 12 that De La Soul’s Dave “Trugoy the Dove” Jolicoeur had passed away, there was an outpouring of respect and support <\/a>throughout social media. And for good reason, the 54-year-old Long Island native was not only one of hip hop’s most innovative rhymers, he had the catalogue and accolades<\/a> to back it up. However, Plug 2’s value to the hip hop community isn’t based on his achievements on a commercial scale. For many, De La Soul represents the happiest times of their formative years, the boom era where hip hop wasn’t this high-functioning corporate machine, but when the art was still based around thoughts, feelings and the power to dare to be different<\/a>, the organic way. <\/p>\n\n\n\nEmbed from Getty Images<\/a>