Trugoy had spoken publicly in recent years about his battle with heart failure, an illness that had prevented him from touring with his fellow bandmates. De La Soul.
The pioneering hip hop group, also made up of postnuos and massagewas formed in 1988 in Amityville, on Long Island, New York.
The trio gained a following for their eclectic sampling, light-hearted play on words, and their influence on alternative hip hop, including jazz rap.
The group exuded a positive spirit that contrasted with the tough lyrics revolving around gang violence typical of the West Coast of the United States.
The New York trio recently began posting their first hits to streaming platforms, after a decades-long battle over their samples.
The band’s first six albums, released between 1989 and 2001, had never appeared on streaming platforms before because their label, Tommy Boy, never faced the daunting legal task of pulling all the samples (there are between 60 and 70 on their own alone). first album, “3 Feet High and Rising”).
The news of Trugoy’s death sparked a reaction from industry peers such as MC Big Daddy Kane: “It was an honor to share so many scenarios with you”
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