jay dee..cause of death??
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does anyone know???
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However, it's no secret that Dilla was in poor health for at least two - three years now. When I interviewed Common last spring, he noted that Jay Dee was supposed to have produced much more of "Be" than he ended up doing, but his illness limited his time.
I also heard that Dilla died in his sleep at the apt. he and Common share in Los Angeles. Talk about a week of highs and lows...Common goes from standing on the Grammy podium on Wed to finding one of closest friends dead at home two days later. The upside is that it sounds like he would have died relatively peacefully: a rare claim in hip-hop, no?
Anyone who's even done one tour knows that it's really difficult to keep a good diet or even eat at regular intervals. Digging trips can be really similar.
Our generation, especially those of us who live a lot of life on the road, needs to be careful and take care of themselves... it's a crime that someone who's living well could die of malnutrition-related ailments.
I got some more info, through a friend of Dilla's attorney (now, sadly, handling funeral arrangements) that Dilla came off the Donuts tour b/c he was feeling sick but didn't want to go on dialysis. I'm not sure what the timeline was on this but no one - including Dilla - was aware of how sick he was since it sounds like he basically went home to sleep it off and then passed in the night.
Damnnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just to make this clear: Jay Dee probably didn't die from malnutrition directly, however, he cites malnutrition as the reason for his kidney problems so it was a contributing factor.
Please take care of yourselves people.
I think probably the stress of the music industry had alot to do with his untimely passing as well. Its just not the healthiest way to live your life, thats for sure.
He said himself though how often he put music first in his life. I can relate to this sentiment, because its very tempting for people who are passionate just to ignore other concerns in their life.
This really is a sad day for hip hop though.
I've seen bone marrow disease mentioned here - is that like cancer? that seems more plausible than malnutrition.
Haz,
I just wrote this above but just to restate again: Jay Dee did not die from malnutrition. However, his kidney failure, according to him, was caused by malnutrition. And it sounds like kidney failure is what killed him.
I had heard bone marrow disease rumor but I haven't found any confirmation of that online. SOHH.com reported "liver failure" but they also reported that DIlla died in the hospital whereas both Stonesthrow and the Yancey family attorney says that Dilla died at home.
'm writing an obit for him for the LA Weekly and I'm finding a lot of conflicting info out there. We just don't know much right now.
wow, that hit me pretty fuckin hard, that's the saddest thing I've heard in a while. my heart goes out to Common too. I can't even imagine the ill feelings something like that would conjure.
"Lupus is a disease in which a person's immune system goes into overdrive and attacks the body's normal, healthy cells."
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercuryne...ia/13844644.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupus_erythematosus
It looks like he may have died due to kidney failure, which can happen in lupus cases.
RIP Dilla.
http://www.lupusresearchinstitute.org/lupus.php
disheartening.