David 'Disco D' Shayman, an up and coming hip hop record producer, who worked with 50 Cent on the track 'Ski Mask Way' on the 2005 album 'The Massacre', and produced the much talked about but never physically released Kevin Federline track 'PopoZao', has reportedly been found dead in New York after a suspected suicide. The producer, who also worked on a range of film and advertising projects, was known to suffer from manic depression. Friends have said that Shayman had recently been particularly depressed after breaking up with his fiance, and because of financial problems due to late payments from various projects he had worked on.
Paying tribute to Shayman, DJ Strong told AllHipHop.com: "I can't believe this has happened to such a high-energy forward moving person. He had so much to look to in the future and I met him through his business and friendship with [DJ] Warrior. I can remember him drinking tea all night when we all went to a white party in Hollywood. That's the kind of dude he is, just a simple and real human being. Disco D we will miss you."