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Heavy D Meyers May.14.1967 - November.8.2011

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Dwight Arrington Myers
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 (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, Marley Marl, his cousin Pete Rock and Eddie F.
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Heavy D, As Remembered by Questlove

Source: Okay Player

So im at my first Grammys. Radio City Music hall, feb 98. my label president Jay Boberg gave me his tickets so i can bask in the Grammy glory of one of the first non-Roots albums i helped produce that one big that night: Baduizm. it was a surreal night: my tix were prime seats smack dab in the middle of royalty. Aretha Franklin just did a LAST MINUTE (!!!!)` fill in of “Ava Maria” for an ailing Luciano Pavarotti. this crazy “SOY BOMB” incident just went down with Bob Dylan, and of course Erykah shoutin me out for her winning album of the year (“we did it, Ahmir!”)

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Heavy D's 'Love' Returns to Billboard's Charts

Source: billboard.com

The track concurrently bows atop the Yahoo! Videos list with 73,000 streams. After reaching No. 11, "Love" wrapped its Hot 100 chart run exactly 20 years ago this week. The song was Heavy D's biggest single on the tally, where he notched four other hits through 1995. On the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, he posted 14 entries between 1986 and 1994.

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Revealed: How Heavy D lost 150lbs and was still trying to lose weight

Source: Daily Mail

His personal trainer - named only as Tony - told the gossip website Myers diversified his routine with boxing and hiking. Staff at Ultra Body Fitness have now erected a small memorial in his honour in the wake of this week's sad news. Tributes for the lead rapper of Heavy D and the Boyz have flooded out thick and fast from members of the Entertainment industry. U Can't Touch This singer MC Hammer tweeted: 'We had a lot of great times touring together. He had a heart of gold. He was a part of what's good about the world.'

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There was once a time in music when the word “legend” was thrown around like thin, multicolored double dutch ropes on a warm Sunday. Everyone bestowed the word— which has become waterless, easily digestible, and as familiar as a catchphrase. And really, what makes a legend? Is it the effortless embodiment of a particular thing? The longevity? Impact? A body of work that boasts powerful praise?

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