Rapper AKA Dead at 35 After Shooting in South Africa ... 12, 1968 in Brooklyn, Jolicoeur launched De La Soul in 1988 with two friends from his high school in Long Island, Kelvin Mercer (a.k.a ...

The rapper talks to Billboard's Behind the Setlist podcast about De La Soul's historic catalog & staying fit in order to remain relevant for decades to come.

Many fans will stand by their debut, “3 Feet High and Rising,” as their best work, though their follow-up, “De La Soul is Dead,” provides stiff competition. Both are produced by the legendary Prince ...

De La Soul suffered an incomparable loss in February ... Prince Paul produced the first three De La albums, and helped define an era. “I’m dead ass,” he says with a chuckle.