Trugoy

David Jude Jolicoeur, also known under the stage name Trugoy the Dove, is a rapper, producer, and one third of groundbreaking hip hop trio De La Soul.

Jolicoeur, Vincent Mason and Kelvin Mercer were friends who attended the same high school in the Amityville area of Long Island during the 1980s. After they decided to form a rap group, each member re-christened themselves with an outlandish name. Early on, Jolicoeur sported a unique style of African medallions, peace signs and uneven dreadlocks. Paired with the positive messages of the group's debut effort, 3 Feet High and Rising, the image led to critics and journalists labelling the members as "the hippies of hip hop". Although not as often mentioned as Posdnuos, Jolicoeur has been equally acclaimed for his lyricism which, for the most part, avoids profanity in favor of complex, and sometimes abstract wordplay. For example, in the intro to 1996's Stakes Is High, Dave raps : "Hey, how ya doin' / Now, meet in front of Big Lou's fighting / Hey, y'all reminisce, six streets, little miles / Straight to my avenue / Six streets, went miles straight to my avenue / I'm headed for the bigger E, for the bitter OE, not me / Here's my Malibu, child, here's my Malibu / Buckshot honeys, dig a gun and go aaaahhhhh."

In "Itzsoweezee ", from the same album, Jolicoeur directed some words towards mafioso rappers: "See them Cubans don't care what y'all niggaz do / Colombians ain't never ran with your crew / Why you acting all spicy and sheisty? / The only Italians you knew was icees"

Jolicoeur is also a member of the Spitkicker collective.


All three members of De La Soul have a variety of known aliases and nicknames used throughout the group's career. The following are the most significant:

*Trugoy the Dove - Trugoy was Jolicoeur's earliest nickname, dating back to 3 Feet High and Rising. The name is yogurt backwards, Jolicoeur being admittedly fond of the food. Dove is a nickname for Dave, and is symbolic of the peaceful nature of the group's early songwriting.
*Plug Two - An early concept for 3 Feet High and Rising involved music being transmitted from Mars by three microphone plugs. Although this idea was abandoned, the titles Plug One, Plug Two, and Plug Three still became relevant on the album.
*Dave - The least elaborate of Jolicoeur's nicknames, Dave is simply a popular nickname for the first name David and is currently Jolicoeur's most widely used alias.

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