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De La Soul's Trugoy the Dove Dead At 54
Long Island rapper’s word play and lyricism helped the group become legendary
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Passed at 54. If you’ve listened to music in the past 30yrs this man’s fingerprints are all over the place from ground breaking hip hop in De La Soul to transitioning into the Gorillaz to finding talents like Little Dragon and helping expose them.