De La Soul founding member David Jolicoeur has tragically died at the age of 54.
The iconic rapper - known as Dave and Trugoy the Dove in his chart heyday - passed away at a hospital in Maryland on Sunday with no official reason for his death currently released.
Reports suggest that he had been battling with an 'undisclosed illness' and died of 'natural causes' but no details have been confirmed and the loss is yet to be announced on with De La Soul's official social media accounts or by De La soul members Kelvin Mercer aka Posdnuos and Vincent Mason aka Maseo.
