Pioneers of hip-hop culture gathered together at Webster Hall to celebrate the life and legacy of the late David “Trugoy The Dove” Jolicoeur. Jolicoeur, who co-founded the New York hip-hop trio De La Soul with fellow group members Kelvin “Posdnuos” Mercer and Vincent Lamont “Maseo” Mason Jr, unfortunately, lost his life on February 12, 2023, at 54 years old. The event, called TheD.A.I.S.Y. Experience and produced together with Amazon Music, brought out some of the most respected names in Hip Hop including, Queen Latifah, who performed an impromptu version of “LadiesFirst,” Common, who performed “TheBizness” with De La Soul, Talib Kweli, Chuck D, Dave Chapelle, Black Thought, Q-Tip and more. This event showed us that De La Soul is not dead. De La Soul is forever.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 02: A view of the marquee outside De La Soul’s The DA.I.S.Y. Experience, produced in conjunction with Amazon Music, at Webster Hall on March 02, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for Amazon)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 02: DJ Kay Gee, Money Love and Vin Rock attend De La Soul’s The DA.I.S.Y. Experience, produced in conjunction with Amazon Music, at Webster Hall on March 02, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for Amazon)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 02: (L-R) Datwon Thomas, Jerry Barrow, Mecc Rashawn and Chuck Creekmur attend De La Soul’s The DA.I.S.Y. Experience, produced in conjunction with Amazon Music, at Webster Hall on March 02, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for Amazon)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 02: Kelvin “Posdnuos” Mercer of De La Soul performs onstage at De La Soul’s The DA.I.S.Y. Experience, produced in conjunction with Amazon Music, at Webster Hall on March 02, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for Amazon)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 02: Chuck D and DJ Premier attend De La Soul’s The DA.I.S.Y. Experience, produced in conjunction with Amazon Music, at Webster Hall on March 02, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for Amazon)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 02: Talib Kweli attends De La Soul’s The DA.I.S.Y. Experience, produced in conjunction with Amazon Music, at Webster Hall on March 02, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for Amazon)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 02: Dave Chappelle attends De La Soul’s The DA.I.S.Y. Experience, produced in conjunction with Amazon Music, at Webster Hall on March 02, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for Amazon)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 02: (L-R) Dave Chappelle, Common and Coodie Simmons pose backstage at De La Soul’s The DA.I.S.Y. Experience, produced in conjunction with Amazon Music, at Webster Hall on March 02, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for Amazon)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 02: Black Thought attends De La Soul’s The DA.I.S.Y. Experience, produced in conjunction with Amazon Music, at Webster Hall on March 02, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for Amazon)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 02: Money Love and Queen Latifah attend De La Soul’s The DA.I.S.Y. Experience, produced in conjunction with Amazon Music, at Webster Hall on March 02, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for Amazon)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 02: A view of signage at De La Soul’s The DA.I.S.Y. Experience, produced in conjunction with Amazon Music, at Webster Hall on March 02, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for Amazon)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 02: Q-Tip performs onstage at De La Soul’s The DA.I.S.Y. Experience, produced in conjunction with Amazon Music, at Webster Hall on March 02, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for Amazon)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 02: Queen Latifah and Dave Chappelle attend De La Soul’s The DA.I.S.Y. Experience, produced in conjunction with Amazon Music, at Webster Hall on March 02, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for Amazon)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 02: Black Thought and Chuck D attend De La Soul’s The DA.I.S.Y. Experience, produced in conjunction with Amazon Music, at Webster Hall on March 02, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for Amazon)
