On Tuesday, less than a year after J Dilla and Proof left the planet, Detroit's music scene was again plunged into mourning when Disco D, one of the city's most innovative producers, was found dead in New York after apparently committing suicide. Local news sources have blamed depression and a recent divorce from his Brazilian wife.

 While the 27-year-old beat maker wasn't as world renowned as Dilla, in his short life D achieved a huge amount. He created ghettotech, an X rated genre of electronic music that blended together house, hip hop and booty bass. His 2003 album for Tommy Boy, A Night at the Booty Bar, is widely acknowledged as a strip club approved, ghettotech classic. After moving to New York, D broke out of the dance underground and produced hip hop hits like "Ski Mask Way" for 50 Cent, as well as other bangers for Spank Rock, Nina Sky, Trick Daddy, Lil Scrappy and AZ.

After logging into his MySpace page for the final time on Monday, it seems that the bi-polar depression that had plagued him his entire life had finally got too much to handle. Like Kurt Cobain and Jim Morrison, who both committed suicide aged 27, Disco D leaves a legion of fans wondering why such a talented musician couldn't think of any other way out. One thing is for sure - all those who ever shook their booty to his beats will truly miss his innovative, hyper productions.

R.I.P. Dave Shayman 1979 - 2007

Go www.myspace.com/gringolouco to leave a message for his family.