GOOD HEALTH SUMMIT 2026

When David “Trugoy the Dove” Jolicoeur passed, De La Soul didn’t write an elegy. Instead, they wrote a reminder.

“Good Health,” a song written and recorded after his death, is not a mourning song but a meditation on endurance: a message that true wealth comes from wellness, and that love of the game means learning to stay in it.

Trugoy’s passing hit home in the Black community because it reinforced a truth that has echoed across generations of Hip Hop: too many of our icons—Phife Dawg, Heavy D, Guru, DMX, Shock G, Biz Markie, Kangol Kid, and more—were lost to the same illnesses that affect millions of Black men and families every day. Heart Disease. Diabetes. Cancer. Depression. Addiction.

For decades, the culture celebrated grind and survival, but rarely rest and recovery. Now, as Hip Hop enters its golden years, the conversation must turn too. The Good Health: Mind, Body & Soul Summit embodies the spirit of De La Soul’s song, transforming it into action—a day where the rhythms and legacy of Hip Hop intersect with the science of wellness

The Good Health Summit is a call to re-invest in ourselves, to treat health like capital, and to pass down habits that build generational wealth of a different kind.

The inaugural Good Health Summit brought together culture, community, and credible insight in a powerful gathering at Morehouse College, where honest conversations about Mind, Body, and Soul turned into real momentum around prevention, mental health, legacy, and action.

Speakers Include:

DE LA SOUL
CHAKA ZULU
COREY SMYTH
DAVID BANNER
DR. DAVID WALL RICE
DR. DERRICK BROOOMS
DONOVAN X. RAMSEY
DR. FARZANA BHARMAL
GEORDAN PURSGLOVE
GUY PRIMUS
H. EDWARD YOUNG
HEATHER PRIMUS
DR. JAVIER CÁRDENAS
JEROME HILL
DR. JOI ALEXANDER
KENNY BURNS
KILLER MIKE
DR. LANCE SHIPMAN YOUNG
DR. MARLON C. WILLIAMS
DR. NICOLE PEOPLES
QUEST GREEN
ROBBI STIELL
STYLES P
SYLVIA WILLIAMS
TAKEO SPIKES