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# De La Soul Turns To Kickstarter To Fund New Album, Raises Over $600,000
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/de-la-soul-uses-kickstarter-to-fund-new-album-raises-over-600000/
- Published: 2015-05-05T13:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-05-05T13:00:00.000Z
- Description: De La Soul secured second place in the most-funded Kickstarter music projects of all time category when they raised $600,874 for their first album in over a decade, a staggering. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/05/de-la-soul-uses-kickstarter-to-fund-new-album-raises-over-60000
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- Tags: Music Business, Music Marketing, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:28

[![Delasoul](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d10ec7d6970c-150wi "Delasoul")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d10ec7d6970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)**De La Soul** secured **second place in the most-funded Kickstarter music projects** of all time category when they raised $600,874 for their first album in over a decade, **a staggering $490,847 over their goal.** 

The hip-hop masterminds are sitting in second place to none other than **Amanda Palmer**, [who's truly innovative Kickstarter project ](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/amandapalmer/amanda-palmer-the-new-record-art-book-and-tour?ref=category%5Fmost%5Ffunded)to fund a new record, an art book, AND a tour **raised over a million dollars.** 

Of the 11,000+ backers who pledged money to De La Soul's [Kickstarter project](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1519102394/de-la-souls-new-album?ref=hypebot.com)[![Screen Shot 2015-05-05 at 9.54.43 AM](http://a1.typepad.com/6a01901b9a0100970b01bb08294809970d-150wi "Screen Shot 2015-05-05 at 9.54.43 AM")](http://a1.typepad.com/6a01901b9a0100970b01bb08294809970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com), one $10,000 backer will get band member Dave's (Trugoy the Dove) platinum autographed record of their 1989 Album, *3 Feet and Rising* and a $7500 backer will get to spend a day in the studio with De La Soul and record a skit on the new album that is expected to hit shelves in September of this year.