John started playing drums at the tender age of 3 years old.
He initially worked as a drummer for the R&B diva Patti LaBelle.
In 2000, he joined Prince’s band, ‘The New Power Generation’ and worked there for 15 years.
In 2006, he also toured with Justin Timberlake.
In 2013, he also started working as a freelance drummer.
In 2016, he was diagnosed with ‘brain tumor’ which hugely affected his left arm and leg. Though he spent a long spell in the Tampa General Hospital’s Rehabilitation Center, where he was enrolled in intensive therapy, he lost his life after a year long battle with ‘brain tumor.’
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