De La Soul is a hip-hop trio from Long Island, New York. They are best known for their contribution to the jazz rap subgenre. After collaborations with producers and artists such as Prince Paul, J Dilla, Redman, Chaka Khan and others, De La Soul was quickly recognized as one of the leading groups of the Native Tongues Posse. Native Tongues Posse is a movement within hip hop, of artists who relied heavily on Afro-centric lyrics and rhythms from jazz. Other well-known hip-hoppers from the Native Tongues Posse were, for example, A Tribe Called Quest, Queen Latifah and Jungle Brothers. Due to their collaboration with the group Gorillaz, De La Soul received a Grammy in 2006. De La Soul has been coming to the Netherlands for a long time for two exclusive shows in PAARD and the Oosterpoort in Groningen.