As De La Soul’s music finally makes it to streaming, artists reflect on the group’s influence and mourn Trugoy the Dove

WNYC News | Mar 2, 2023

After the death of De La Soul’s David Jolicoeur – known as Trugoy the Dove, Plug 2 and Dave – just as the group’s catalog was about to be available to stream, we asked music writer Timmhotep Aku to talk to artists about the influence the Long Island hip hip group had locally and outside of New York City.

Aku joined WNYC's Sean Carlson to speak about he group's legacy, and his own De La fandom.

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