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Infobox musical artist |name = Heavy D|image =|caption =|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Dwight Arrington MyersCuda, Heidi Sigmund (October 2001). Keeping it reel. Vibe (magazine)|Vibe ("born Dwight Errington Myers")|alias =|birth_date = birth date|mf=yes|1967|5|24|birth_place = Mandeville, Jamaica |death_date = death date and age|2011|11|8|1967|5|24|mf=yes|death_place = Beverly Hills , California , U.S.|genre = Hip hop music|Hip hop , new jack swing , contemporary R& B|R& B , reggae fusion |occupation = Rapping|Rapper , singing|singer , songwriter , actor , music executive , musical producer|years_active = 1986–2011|label = Uptown Records|Uptown , MCA Records|MCA |associated_acts = Heavy D & the Boyz Dwight Arrington Myers Samuels, Anita M. (January 14, 1996). http://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/14/nyregion/new-yorkers-co-heavy-d-the-ceo.html Heavy D, the C.E.O. New York Times (May 24, 1967& nbsp;– November 8, 2011),cite news| url= http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/09/arts/music/heavy-d-rap-star-dies-at-44.html? _r=1 | work=The New York Times | first=Jon | last=Caramanica | title=Heavy D, Smooth Rap Star, Dies at 44 | date=November 8, 2011 better known as Heavy D , was a Jamaican-born American rapper, record producer, singer, actor, and former leader of Heavy D & the Boyz , a hip hop group which included G-Whiz (Glen Parrish), Trouble T Roy|"Trouble" T. Roy (Troy Dixon), and Eddie F (born Edward Ferrell). The group maintained a sizable audience in the United States through most of the 1990s. The five albums the group released were produced by Teddy Riley (producer)|Teddy Riley , Marley Marl , his cousin Pete Rock and Eddie F.Allmusic|class=artist|id=p431226/biography|pure_url=yes allmusic Biography
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Myers was born on May 24, 1967 in Mandeville, Jamaica , the son of Eulahlee Lee, a nurse, and Clifford Vincent Myers, a machine technician.cite web|url= http://www.filmreference.com/film/98/Heavy-D.html |title=Heavy D Biography (1967-) |publisher=Filmreference.com |date= |accessdate=2011-11-08 His family moved to Mount Vernon, New York , in the early 1970s, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/8879836/Heavy-D.html Telegraph obituary where he was raised.cite news |first=Jon |last=Caramanica |date=November 8, 2011 |title=Heavy D, Smooth-Talking Hip-Hop Star, Dies at 44 |newspaper= The New York Times |url= http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/09/arts/music/heavy-d-rap-star-dies-at-44.html |accessdate=November 8, 2011
Heavy D & the Boyz were the first group signed to Uptown Records , with Heavy D as the frontman and only rapper, and Eddie F was his business partner in the group and one of his producers. The other two members, T-Roy and G-Wiz were the dancers. Their debut, Living Large , was released in 1987. The album was a commercial success; Big Tyme was a breakthrough that included four hits.
Dancer Troy " Trouble T. Roy " Dixon died at age 22 in a fall on July 15, 1990, in Indianapolis . Dixon's death led to a tribute on the follow-up platinum album, Peaceful Journey . Pete Rock & CL Smooth created a tribute to Trouble T. Roy called " They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.) " which is regarded as a hip hop classic.
Heavy D gained even more fame by singing the theme song for the television program In Living Color and also MADtv . Heavy D performed the rapping|rap on Michael Jackson 's hit single " Jam (song)|Jam " as well as sister Janet Jackson's hit single " Alright (Janet Jackson song)|Alright ". Heavy D then began focusing on his acting, appearing in various television shows before returning the music charts with '' Nuttin' But Love . After appearing in the off-Broadway play (theatre)|play Riff Raff (play)|Riff Raff at Circle Repertory Company , Heavy D returned to recording with the hit Waterbed Hev . In 1997, Heavy D collaborated with B.B. King on his duets album Deuces Wild (album)|Deuces Wild rapping in the song "Keep It Coming". Heavy D was referred to in the song " Juicy (The Notorious B.I.G. song)|Juicy " by the Notorious BIG|Notorious B.I.G. , and appeared in his music video for " One More Chance (The Notorious B.I.G. song)|One More Chance ".
In the mid-1990s, Myers became the first rapper to head a major music label, when he became the president of Uptown Records. Myers helped to develop rhythm-and-blues singer Mary J. Blige 's career and hired Sean Combs|Sean “Diddy” Combs as an intern. During this time, Myers also developed the R& B boy band Soul for Real, and was the executive producer and principal writer of several songs on the group's breakout album, Candy Rain .cite news |first= T. Rees |last=Shapiro |date=November 9, 2011 |title= Heavy D, hip-hop’s self-described ‘overweight lover,’ dies at 44 |newspaper= The Washington Post |url= http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/heavy-d-hip-hops-self-described-overweight-lover-dies-at-44/2011/11/09/gIQAVskg6M_story.html |accessdate=November 14, 2011 He later became the senior vice president at Universal Music .cite news |first1=Gerrick D. |last1=Kennedy |first2=Nate |last2=Jackson |date=November 9, 2011 |title= Heavy D dies at 44; singer who shaped rap music |newspaper= Los Angeles Times |url= http://articles.latimes.com/2011/nov/09/local/la-me-heavy-d-20111109 |accessdate=November 14, 2011
Death
Heavy D performed at the 2011 BET Hip Hop Awards on October 29, 2011. Although it was his first televised live performance in 15 years, it was also his final live performance. Myers died on November 8, 2011, in Los Angeles , California , at the age of 44. He collapsed outside his Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills home and was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center . Heavy D's death was initially thought to be connected to pneumonia.cite news | url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/nov/09/heavy-d-dies-aged-44 | title=Rapper and actor Heavy D dies aged 44 | work= The Guardian | date=November 9, 2011 | accessdate=November 9, 2011 | author=Sean Michaels | location=London
An autopsy report, released on December 27, 2011, found that the cause of death was a pulmonary embolism .cite news |title=Heavy D died from blood clot, coroner finds |author=Angel Jennings |url= http://www.latimes.com/business/la-me-1228-rapper-death-20111228,0,2156844.story |newspaper= Los Angeles Times |date=December 27, 2011 |accessdate=December 28, 2011 The coroner's office found that Myers died of a blood clot in his lung. He also suffered from deep leg vein thrombosis and heart disease. The blood clot was "most likely formed during an extended airplane ride," said Craig Harvey, chief of the Los Angeles County department of coroner. The rapper had recently returned from a trip to Cardiff, Wales where he performed at a tribute to Michael Jackson .
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Persondata| NAME = Heavy D | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = May 24, 1967 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Mandeville, Jamaica | DATE OF DEATH = November 8, 2011 | PLACE OF DEATH = Beverly Hills , California , U.S. DEFAULTSORT:Heavy D Category:1967 births Category:2011 deaths Category:African American film actors Category:American hip hop record producers Category:American music industry executives Category:American rappers of Jamaican descent Category:American television actors Category:Deaths from respiratory disease Category:Jamaican emigrants to the United States Category:MCA Records artists Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States Category:People from Beverly Hills, California Category:People from Manchester Parish Category:People from Mount Vernon, New York Category:Rappers from New York City Category:Reggae fusion artists
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