Trouble T Roy

Who was Trouble T Roy?

Troy Dixon, better known as Trouble T Roy, was a hip-hop dancer and rapper with the successful group Heavy D and the Boyz from 1987 until 1990.

On July 15, 1990, at the age of 22, Dixon was killed by an accidental fall. While on tour in Indianapolis, he and others were having fun after a performance and walking on a raised exit ramp outside the arena. Dixon lost his balance, fell from a height of approximately two stories, and hit his head. He was rushed to the hospital, where he later died.

Heavy D and the Boyz dedicated their next album, Peaceful Journey, to his memory in 1991.

Pete Rock & CL Smooth dedicated their song "They Reminisce Over You" to him in 1992. Pete Rock discussed the song's genesis in a 2007 interview with The Village Voice:

I had a friend of mine that passed away, and it was a shock to the community. I was kind of depressed when I made it. And to this day, I can't believe I made it through, the way I was feeling. I guess it was for my boy. When I found the record by Tom Scott, basically I just heard something incredible that touched me and made me cry. It had such a beautiful bassline, and I started with that first. I found some other sounds and then heard some sax in there and used that. Next thing you know, I have a beautiful beat made. When I mixed the song down, I had Charlie Brown from Leaders of the New School in the session with me, and we all just started crying."