Now That We Found Love rapper Heavy D dead at 44

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Last updated at 10:53 PM on 8th November 2011



Dead: Heavy D at the BET Hip Hop Awards last month

Rapper Heavy D died today at the age of 44.

The performer, whose real name is Dwight Arrington Myers, was rushed to hospital this afternoon after collapsing at his Beverly Hills home, according to TMZ.

The star, who enjoyed success during the Nineties with his group Heavy D & the Boyz, was pronounced dead at an LA medical centre at 1pm.

Emergency services arrived at his home after a call was made to report an unconscious male, the website reports.

Heavy D, famous for the hit track Now That We Found Love, is said to have been conscious when paramedics first arrived however he died soon after he was taken to hospital.

The cause of death is unknown and police are investigating.

He last tweeted 16 hours ago, telling his followers: 'BE INSPIRED!'

Last month, Heavy D took to the stage at the BET Awards and also performed at the Michael Jackson tribute concert in Cardiff.


Fan favourite: Heavy D performed with La Toya Jackson at the Michael Forever tribute concert in Cardiff, Wales, last month


Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2059202/Now-That-We-Found-Love-rapper-Heavy-D-dead-44.html#ixzz1d9t3WrEX

Rapper Heavy D killed after fall at California home, report says
LOS ANGELES— Reuters
Published Tuesday, Nov. 08, 2011 6:59PM EST
Last updated Tuesday, Nov. 08, 2011 7:04PM EST

Rapper Heavy D, who scored hit singles such as Now That We Found Love, died on Tuesday after falling at his Beverly Hills home, according to media reports. He was 44.

Celebrity news website TMZ.com said the rapper, whose real name is Dwight Errington Myers, was found on a walkway and an ambulance was called. When emergency workers arrived he was conscious and speaking but died later at a nearby hospital.

Beverly Hills police confirmed the basic information, but declined to release a name pending family notification. Police Lieutenant Mark Rosen said a man was found on a walkway at 11:25 a.m. (PT), conscious and talking, but having difficulty breathing. He was rushed to a hospital, where he died on Tuesday afternoon.

Further details were undisclosed pending an investigation, but Rosen said there were no signs of foul play.

The singer’s New York-based agent was not immediately available for comment.

Rotund rapper Heavy D was born in Jamaica and moved to Mt. Vernon, New York as a child. He enjoyed hip hop music as a kid and formed his first group, the Boyz, with high-school friends who took the stage names DJ Eddie F, Trouble T-Roy and G-Wiz.

The group became Heavy D & The Boyz and released their first album in 1987, which included singles Mr. Big Stuff and The Overweight Lover’s in the House. Their breakout album came with 1989’s Big Tyme, which included the hits Somebody for Me and We Got Our Own Thang.

The band met with tragedy in 1990 when Trouble T-Roy died in an accident. One year later, they scored their biggest hit with the album Peaceful Journey and single Now That We Found Love, which reached the top five on R&B charts and crossed over to mainstream pop audiences.

A string of hits followed in the 1990s. The band sang the theme song for popular TV show In Living Color, and Heavy D’s 1999 CD Heavy became his seventh album to chart among the R&B top 10.

During those years, the rapper also began acting, working in small roles on film and TV before landing a role in the high-school TV drama Boston Public. His film work included parts in The Cider House Rules, Step Up and Big Trouble.

Heavy D performed at the 2011 BET Hip Hop Awards and at the Michael Jackson tribute show in Cardiff, Wales, both in October.

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All of these rappers die at at the peak of their careers at a relatively young age. They have sold their souls to the devil, and he cometh to collect......

You're absolutely right, G.

Get it. get it! More money, more murder.

He will make you a star and then he'll snuff you out.

DAVID GOLDMAN / AP PHOTO
In this Oct. 1, 2011 photo, rapper Heavy D, also known as Dwight Arrington Myers, performs during the BET Hip Hop Awards in Atlanta. A representative confirmed Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011 that the singer and former leader of Heavy D & the Boyz died. He was 44.


The Associated Press
Published: Friday, Nov. 11, 2011 - 8:12 pm
Last Modified: Friday, Nov. 11, 2011 - 8:47 pm

MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. -- A private funeral for rap legend Heavy D will be held at a historic black Baptist church in a northern suburb of New York City.
Grace Baptist Church of Mount Vernon announced Friday that the funeral for Heavy D had been scheduled for Nov. 18.

The New York-born rapper died at a Los Angeles hospital Tuesday after collapsing outside his home. He was 44.

Dwight Arrington Myer was the titular member of Heavy D and the Boyz, which had hits with "Now That We Found Love," "Who's the Man" and "Somebody for Me."

He was one of the genre's top stars in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Grace Baptist Church's website says its congregation was founded by five black women in 1888.


Source: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/11/11/4048963/funeral-planned-for-heavy-d-at.html#ixzz1dTb5EnZQ