Damon Albarn has posted a piano tribute in reminiscence of the late De La Soul rapper David Jolicoeur.
The Blur and Gorillaz star has paid a touching tribute to his ‘Really feel Good Inc.’ co-writer following the unhappy information of his passing on February 12.
He captioned the 55-second clip of him taking part in the transferring piece: “A loop for Dave. I like you.”
The founding member of the hip-hop group – whose stage identify was Trugoy the Dove – had suffered from congestive coronary heart failure lately, however no reason behind demise is thought presently.
The information was confirmed by the outfit’s publicist Tony Ferguson.
David based the long-lasting rap trio alongside Posdnuos (Kelvin Mercer) and Maseo (Vincent Lamont Mason Jr) in 1987.
He co-wrote Gorillaz’s 2005 hit ‘Really feel Good Inc.’, which De La Soul additionally featured on.
Tributes have flooded in for the late star, with David’s peer, Cypress Hill’s B Actual, hailing him as a “legend of hip hop music and tradition”.
He wrote: “His music will permit him to reside in our hearts and minds.
“However not solely was he a terrific musician however he was a terrific human being. He meant rather a lot to us.”
The unhappy information of David’s demise got here simply over every week after the extremely influential De La Soul have been honoured throughout a section celebrating the style on the Grammys on February 5.
What’s extra, on March 3, the group’s first six albums will probably be accessible to stream for the primary time.
De La Soul confronted quite a few prolonged licensing points as a result of sheer variety of samples that they had used within the music, which stopped them from having their tunes attain new ears on-line.
Their hits embrace 1989’s ‘The Magic Quantity’ and ‘Me, Myself and I’.
