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- Late Hip-Hop Legends Live Again in New Animated Video</p>
<p>Craig RosenJuly 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM</p>
<p>Late Hip-Hop Legends Live Again in New Animated Video originally appeared on Parade.</p>
<p>The hip-hop community has lost its share of legends over the years.</p>
<p>De La Soul member Trugoy the Dove (born David Jolicoeur) died on Feb. 12, 2023, at the age of 54 of congestive heart failure.</p>
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<p>MF DOOM (born Dumile Daniel Thompson) died on Oct. 31, 2020, at the age of 49, from angioedema, after suffering a bad reaction to blood pressure medication.</p>
<p>Now the two hip-hop legends live again in a new animated video for De La Soul's "Rock Co.Kane Flow" featuring MF DOOM.</p>
<p>The video, created by Matt Hutchings, has the two late rappers, as well as De La Soul's Posdnuos (Kevin Mercer) and Maseo (Vincent Mason), cast in the role of superheroes that battle aliens that symbolize other MCs who lack the skills of De La Soul and DOOM.</p>
<p>The track is from the 20th anniversary reissue of De La Soul's acclaimed album The Grind Date.</p>
<p>"With this project, we knew we wanted to create something special. Posdnuos had a clear vision of the vibe and comedic tone of the video, looking to recreate the group's look during The Grind Date's release back in 2004 (with a wrestling superhero twist)," Hutchings said in a statement.</p>
<p>He continued: "We knew we didn't want to go down the road of AI and Deepfaking, instead opting to create fully animated versions of all the characters, no small undertaking. We took influence from various superhero films and media, and drew upon hours of classic wrestling footage for reference. After months of animating, rendering and complex visual effects work, we were finally able to bring De La Soul & MF DOOM to the big screen just as they were in 2004."</p>
<p>Rapper MF DOOM performs at a benefit concert for the Rhino Foundation at Central Park's Rumsey Playfield on June 28, 2005 in New York City. (Photo by Peter Kramer/Getty Images)</p>
<p>Hutchings was among those who commented on the video on YouTube.</p>
<p>"Super grateful for the chance to work on this! De La Soul & MF DOOM are legends! Hope everybody enjoys the video!" he wrote.</p>
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<p>Fans left their approval in the comments.</p>
<p>"This is NOT AI. I do 3D animation. This is legit and This is dope.🔥🔥🔥," one wrote.</p>
<p>"Timeless classic. Rest in Power DOOM and Dave," another added.</p>
<p>"Thank you de la soul for not using AI and hiring talented people," yet another fan wrote.</p>
<p>"AM I THE ONLY [one] THAT GETS CHILLS EVERYTIME I HEAR THIS JOINT?" another fan added.</p>
<p>Late Hip-Hop Legends Live Again in New Animated Video first appeared on Parade on Jul 4, 2025</p>
<p>This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 4, 2025, where it first appeared.</p>
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