R.I.P. Heavy D

aleph · Post by **aleph** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 7:06 pm

Just heard and as sudden deaths go, this is pretty sad. All I had back in 1990 when I was on a desert isle as far as hip hop goes, was five tapes, Big Tyme being one of them. Wasn't great nor were any of the albums I heard, but immensely likable and still love cuts like Gyrlz They Love Me and Let It Flow and a handful from Blue Funk.

Around 95-96 I caught him Off-Off Broadway in a play called Riff Raff by Larry Fishburne, dude could actually act his ass off.

Anyway, RIP

HeRBaN LyRiX · Post by **HeRBaN LyRiX** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 7:11 pm

Heavy D Reported Dead, Hip Hop Mourns The Loss

by Allen Jacobs

posted November 08, 2011 at 2:20PM PST

Heavy D Reported Dead, Hip Hop Mourns The Loss

The veteran rapper passed away in Los Angeles, California earlier this afternoon.

Mount Vernon, New York emcee-turned-actor Heavy D (born Dwight Myers) has been reported dead today. He was 44 years of age. TMZ.com reports that Heavy D was found unconscious near the entrance to his Beverly Hills, California home and rushed to the hospital. Details are still emerging regarding the longtime Uptown Records rapper's cause of death, however peers and loved ones including rapper-turned-deejay/photographer D-Nice and author/activist dream hampton have publicly mourned the rapper's loss just moments ago.

The Jamaican-born emcee was leader of Heavy D & The Boyz, a late 1980s Hip Hop group which released five albums, all on the Uptown label. The group included G-Whiz, DJ Eddie F., and the late "Trouble" T. Roy, who helped inspired Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth's "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)." Between 1987 and 1994, Heavy D & The Boyz worked with the likes of Notorious B.I.G., DJ Premier, Marley Marl and longtime affiliate and fellow Mount Vernon native Pete Rock.

As a solo artist, Heavy D remained close with Uptown Records executive Sean "Diddy" Combs and the mogul's Bad Boy Records imprint, despite never releasing a Bad Boy album. Recently, Heavy D released Grammy-nominated Reggae album Vibes on the Stride label in 2008. Previously, D had released Waterbed Hev in 1997 and a self-titled 1999 album.

The group performed the title track to FOX's In Living Color show, and appeared on the program. As an actor, Heavy D would appear in films such as Life.

At the time of his death, Heavy D was at work on an album called Love Opus, set to feature Anthony Hamilton and Carl Thomas. Just weeks ago, Heavy D performed at the 2011 BET Hip Hop Awards. It was days after Heavy D had performed his hit Michael Jackson collaboration, "Jam," alongside LaToya Jackson.

Source: http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.1 ... s-the-loss

R.i.P. HeaVy D...

Huldrich Bullsh!t · Post by **Huldrich Bullsh!t** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 7:23 pm

yeah his albums were pretty uneven but he was a seriously good rapper very charismatic fast clear delivery and he made some great songs
and thanks to him we have Pete Rock

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 7:27 pm

Will be the shortest thread in years, but RIP Heavy D.

aleph · Post by **aleph** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 7:34 pm

^Should have ended that with "Prove me wrong, children...PROVE ME WRONG"

citizen · Post by **citizen** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 7:35 pm

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 7:58 pm

RIP.

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was my joint and Gyrlz They Love Me and of course Don't Curse.

bbatson1 · Post by **bbatson1** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 8:00 pm

oh shit. I just saw this thread and am pretty shocked. Wow that's really sad. RIP to the Heavy diddly diddly diddly diddly D.

shadowmaster · Post by **shadowmaster** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 8:23 pm

RIP, I remember hearing his early songs quite a while back, and then later he seemed to be involved in the business side of things as time went on.

Stieflkater · Post by **Stieflkater** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 8:36 pm

R.I.P. liked some of his music - he put Herb MC Gruff on.

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 9:12 pm

LOL@ the nervous reluctant praise in this thread.

christopher walken · Post by **christopher walken** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 10:01 pm

Sad to see one of the good guys go. Too young, too soon.

shadowmaster · Post by **shadowmaster** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 1:01 am

The Don't Curse video is a classic... I think Puba killed it but many prefer G Rap's verse. Whatever happened to Soul 4 Real, he was involved with their debut, right?

Moolah · Post by **Moolah** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 1:40 am

I used to watch this VHS tape all the time before I was into rap.

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old_stan · Post by **old_stan** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 2:33 am

R.I.P. Heavy D

Jaz · Post by **Jaz** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 3:58 am

I was so sad when I heard this news today, Heav was one of a kind, he was able to do slow jams for the Ladies, catchy Pop-Rap that was fun and had a soul and he could also tear the frame out of the mic when he needed to, he was a dope actor and seemed to be mad humble and a real nice dude, this is a huge loss.

RIP Heavster (and I know it makes ya sick)

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Jaz · Post by **Jaz** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 4:16 am

This summed him up.

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The Afronaut · Post by **The Afronaut** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 4:37 am

aleph wrote:^Should have ended that with "Prove me wrong, children...PROVE ME WRONG"

Thanks for making me laugh inappropriately in an other wise sad as hell thread.

soopacee · Post by **soopacee** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 9:58 am

Stieflkater wrote:R.I.P. liked some of his music - he put Herb MC Gruff on.

^^
this

Gruff is the GOAT.....thank you heavy d, RIP

fortuna · Post by **fortuna** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 2:45 pm

Jaz wrote:I was so sad when I heard this news today, Heav was one of a kind, he was able to do slow jams for the Ladies, catchy Pop-Rap that was fun and had a soul and he could also tear the frame out of the mic when he needed to, he was a dope actor and seemed to be mad humble and a real nice dude, this is a huge loss.

RIP Heavster (and I know it makes ya sick)

WORD

bbatson1 · Post by **bbatson1** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 4:09 pm

can someone figure out how to download this Marley Marl - Heavy D tribute mix he did? Thanks.

http://soundcloud.com/goldeneraradio/ma ... ee-tribute

dirtywaters · Post by **dirtywaters** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 7:36 pm

marley's heavy D mix
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=21X50WQ7

bbatson1 · Post by **bbatson1** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 9:32 pm

^Thanks!

Boothe · Post by **Boothe** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 11:26 pm

R.I.P.

A lot of memorable tunes, and some great guest appearances.

Jaz · Post by **Jaz** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 4:10 am

dirtywaters wrote:marley's heavy D mix
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=21X50WQ7

Thank you fam.

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 3:13 am

Thanks Nes.

Apparently he was working on Blue Funk 2 and already had a cut done with Pete Rock, if anyone's interested. Tbh, I probably only would have checked for it if it was right in front of me nowadays.

illest · Post by **illest** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 3:54 pm

pete rock might play it tonight on lord sears show

DJMIKENICE · Post by **DJMIKENICE** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 7:08 pm

there is a rumor of a an early version of what would become Machine Gun Funk with Big & Heavy D that Easy Mo Bee produced any truth to this ?

there is definitely a remix to Machine Gun Funk Easy Mo produced which i just found

step one · Post by **step one** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 7:18 pm

DJMIKENICE wrote:there is a rumor of a an early version of what would become Machine Gun Funk with Big & Heavy D that Easy Mo Bee produced any truth to this ?

there is definitely a remix to Machine Gun Funk Easy Mo produced which i just found

waddup Mike - hows things?

someone mentioned this Biggie track in the thread in M2C. I just assumed that if you didnt have it, it didnt exist!

Jaz · Post by **Jaz** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 8:12 pm

My tribute post

http://coldrockdaspot.blogspot.com/2011 ... ka_12.html