Monday, March 18, 2024

Force MD’s Member Trisco Pearson Dies of Cancer

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*If you’re old enough to remember the smash hits “Tender Love” (1985) and “Love Is A House” (1987) by the Force MDs, you’ll be saddened to learn of death of group member Trisco Pearson. According to AmbrosiaForHeads, he passed away on Friday (09-17-16) after battling stage 4 cancer.

Notification of his death was made on the Force MDs Facebook page:

R.I.P TRISCO PEARSON
(FORCE MD’s)

Brothers & Sisters and our Friends in Music.

It is with the deepest regret that we announce that One of Our own Trisco Pearson Of The Beloved Group, The Force MD’s has passed and finally went home with no more pain. Trisco was truly our Brother, coming from Staten Island New York to transport talents that reached around the world. We will miss him but know he joins our Brothers TCD and Mercury on the Heavenly concert stage.

The Force MD’s & The Pearson Family Greatly Appreciate Your Love & Support, As We Come Together for our Dear Brother
May he Rest In Peace..

Khalil Lundy, Stevie Lundy, Jesse Daniels and the rest of The Force MDs Family

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Unfortunately death has visited the Force MDs three times in the past. Charles “Mercury” Nelson died from heart attack in 1995; Antoine “TCD” Lundy battled Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS) before his death in 1998. And DJ Dr. Rock, one of the group’s DJs died, reportedly due to natural causes, in 1996.

The Force M.D.’s reconnected with their Hip-Hop roots care of three vocal appearances on Ghostface Killah’s 1996 solo debut, Ironman. Their seminal album Chillin’ was recently re-released by Rhino Records. The group last released 2000 album The Reunion.

EUR Extra: Force MDs backgrounder (via Wikipedia)
The band was originally named The L.D.s, and then became the Force MCs, but ultimately preferred the name Force MDs, which stood for Musical Diversity. Though the group was not quite always as recognizable as other New York R&B acts when it first started, they were among the first R&B vocal groups to intermix doo-wop-affected singing with and sometimes over hip-hop beats.

The group was composed of brothers Stevie D., Antoine “T.C.D.” Lundy, and Rodney “Khalil” Lundy, along with their uncle Jessie Lee Daniels. (Later, friends “Trisco” Pearson and Charles “Mercury” Nelson from the Mariners Harbor projects on Staten Island, NY joined the group.)

Get more info on Trisco Pearson and the Force MDs on their Wikipedia page.

 

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