• De La Soul's “Fallon” Performance Brings Questlove To Tears: “I Cried Like A Baby”

    9 days ago - By All Hip-Hop

    Dave, who was one-third of the pioneering Hip-Hop group, died suddenly on February 12, just weeks before De La Soul's catalog would finally go on streaming services.
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  • De La Soul Perform “Stakes Is High” with The Roots in Honor of Trugoy the Dove on Fallon: Watch

    9 days ago - By Consequence of Sound

    In a bittersweet moment, De La Soul stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Thursday, March 16th, to perform “Stakes Is High” from their classic 1996 album of the same name. They were backed by The Roots, with Black Thought standing in for the late Trugoy the Dove's verses... Please click the link below to read the full article. De La Soul Perform “Stakes Is High” with The Roots in Honor of Trugoy the Dove on Fallon: Watch
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  • Watch De La Soul's Surviving Members Talk About Their Legacy & Perform With The Roots On Fallon

    Watch De La Soul's Surviving Members Talk About Their Legacy & Perform With The Roots On Fallon

    9 days ago - By Stereogum

    At the beginning of this year, we got some truly great news : De La Soul's catalog, which includes some of the greatest rap records in history, was finally coming to streaming services, getting past all the sample-clearance issues and money disputes that had long plagued the group. A few weeks later, something terrible happened. De La Soul's Dave Jolicoeur, otherwise known as Trugoy The Dove, died at the age of 54. When those De La Soul albums arrived on streaming services a couple of weeks, ago the celebrations were a little bittersweet. Last night, the two surviving De La Soul members...
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