David ‘Disco D’ Shayman, 50 Cent Collaborator
From the Angry Ape web site (and others): Hip hop producer David Shayman committed suicide yesterday, January 23rd, aged just 27.
Shayman AKA Disco D had previously worked with such names as 50 Cent
According to various sources, Disco D had been diagnosed as bi-polar recently and was suffering from depression.
His loss has come as a great shock to the hip hop community, but fans can leave their respect at D’s MySpace page.
From the University of Michigan Living Music web site comes a bit more insight into Shayman’s past:
He was originally from Ann Arbor and attended the University of Michigan where he received his business degree in 2002. He recorded his first EP at age 17 and is known as one of the originators of Detroit Ghettotech — an urban hybrid of Detroit techno and electro, Chicago booty house and Miami Bass. He now lives in New York City where he has stepped into the commercial hip-hop, R&B and dance hall music production scene.
Paul: So how did you get the name ‘Disco D’?
Disco D: Someone took a picture of me, maybe when I was 15, I was trying to do a trick and I f**ked up and it looked like I was disco dancing. They e-mailed it around and said ‘Disco D’ cuz my name was David. And when I started DJaying, it was a distraction from my parents divorce, and I couldn’t think of a name and that was a nickname I had so that was it and it just stuck. It has nothing to do with music.
Read the rest of the interview over at the Living Music interview web site.
~~The ODDones for OurDailyDead.com
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January 28th, 2007 at 11:26 am
David was a cool kid in high school. He was friendly to everyone and he had his DJ business cards even back then. I thought it was funny, a high school kid handing out buisness cards at school, but he was on a fast track and he did well with his carreer. His loss is a great sadness for the Pioneer High School community.
January 28th, 2007 at 12:01 pm
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January 30th, 2007 at 12:00 am
Fellow Michigander who followed his work. Will miss his talent…and his beautiful smile