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Producer Tony D dies

By | Published on Monday 6 April 2009

Hip hop producer Tony D, aka Anthony Depula (pictured on the right with Red Alert and Ice Cube), was killed in a car accident in his home town of Hamilton, New Jersey, on 4 Apr. He is thought to have been 42 years old. Police say that Depula lost control of his Jeep when it struck the fence of a local cemetery, and the car was turned over onto its passenger side. The producer, who had not been wearing a seatbelt, was pronounced dead at local facility Capital Health Systems, having suffered a severe injury to the neck. Depula was born in Trenton, New Jersey, and over the course of his career worked with acts such as Poor Righteous Teachers, The Outsidaz, Young Zee, King Sun, Pace Won and DJ Muggs.



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