Heavy D

Hip hop music, Musical Artist

1967 – 2011

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Who was Heavy D?

Dwight Errington 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 dancers/background vocalists G-Whiz, "Trouble" T. Roy, and Eddie F. 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, DJ Premier, his cousin Pete Rock and Eddie F.

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Born
May 24, 1967
Mandeville
Also known as
  • Dwight Arrington Myers
  • Dwight Errington Myers
  • Dwight Myers
  • Heavy D.
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Nationality
  • United States of America
  • Jamaica
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Died
Nov 8, 2011
Beverly Hills

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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