Heavy D Dies!

Published: November 08, 2011

It’s a sad day for hip-hop: Heavy D — the emcee who smashed onto the rap scene in 1987 and made phrases like “Money-Earnin’ Mt. Vernon” and “The Overweight Lover” catchphrases of the era — has died.

According to Rolling Stone, the lyricist, whose real name was Dwight Meyers, was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital from his Beverly Hills home around noon Pacific Time on Tuesday and was pronounced dead at the hospital at 1 PM. Police are investigating his death, but there are no signs of foul play.

“Heavy D, born Dwight Arrington Myers, broke into the music industry with Living Large, his first record with the Boyz, in 1987. He went on to even greater success with the hit “Now That We Found Love” in 1991, and recorded theme songs for the television series In Loving Color and MADtv. In recent years, D recorded a series of reggae fusion albums.”

Heavy took the stage at the BET Hip-Hop Awards in October and guest-starred on the 13th season premiere of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit earlier this year.


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