Rapper Heavy D. – Dead at 44

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Heavy D, the self-proclaimed “overweight lover” of hip-hop who

became one of rap’s top hit-makers with wit, humor and a positive vibe, has died. He was 44.

Andrew Weitz of William Morris Endeavor Entertainmentconfirmed the rapper’s death in Los Angeles in an email Tuesday, without giving a cause of death or saying where he died. Weitz declined to provide further details on Heavy D’s death.

Dwight Arrington Myers, the rapper known as Heavy D of Heavy D and the Boyz, and his crew released their debut album “Living Large” in 1987. Their hits included “Now That We Found Love,” ”Who’s the Man” and “Somebody For Me.”

The New York-born rapper was one of the genre’s most integral stars in the last 1980s and early 1990s, as it relied on new voices and star power to fuel its phenomenal growth in the mainstream.

The deep-voiced rapper’s earliest hit, “The Overweight Lover’s in the House,” played up his hefty frame. But while that nickname would stick, his weight did not become part of his shtick, like the Fat Boys. What drew people to his music was his singular style, which celebrated an easygoing, party vibe — sometimes humorous, sometimes inspiring and almost always positive.

 

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