De La Soul took The Tonight Show stage to perform “Different World,” and the moment carried the kind of weight that comes with knowing what this group has meant to hip-hop for nearly 4 decades. The performance is unhurried, confident, and deeply felt, a reminder that De La Soul operate on their own timeline and always have. With their catalog finally available on streaming after years of legal limbo, every De La Soul performance right now feels like a reclamation, and this one is no exception.
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Eric Alper is a 6-time nominee for Publicist of the Year during Canadian Music Week and has overseen the publicity campaigns for over 183 JUNO Award-nominated albums (and 16 in 2025), 45 Grammy-nominated albums, including 47 JUNO Award, 58 Canadian Folk Music Award, 126 Maple Blues Award-winning albums and is also truly honoured to work with some of the biggest and most important artists of our time.
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