De La Soul Drops 3 Feet High and Rising – Today in Hip-Hop
[ad_1] XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment:March 3, 1989: Three friends from Long Island, N.Y. decided to form a rap group and create a masterful first album that had a tremendous impact on hip-hop music on this day in 1989.Kelvin Mercer (aka Posdnous or Plug One), David Jude Jolicoeur (aka Trugoy the Dove or Plug Two) and Vincent Lamont Mason Jr. (aka Maseo or Plug Three) originally formed the rap trio De La Soul in 1987. The rap trifecta stuck out from the crowd, through their afrocentric yet off-kilter style of dress and positive subject matter. They all met up in a Long Island high school, and after releasing...