- Born
- Died
- Birth nameDwight Arrington Myers
- Height1.91 m
- Dwight Arrington Myers (May 24, 1967 - November 8, 2011), known professionally as Heavy D, was a Jamaican-born American rapper, record producer, and actor. Myers was the leader of Heavy D & the Boyz, a group which included dancers/hype men G-Whiz (Glen Parrish), "Trouble" T. Roy (Troy Dixon), and DJ and producer Eddie F (Edward Ferrell). 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. Myers also released four solo albums and discovered Soul for Real and Monifah.- IMDb mini biography by: Bonitao
- Children
- Parents
- RelativesGreg Phillips(Cousin)Floyd Myers(Sibling)Grace Phillips(Cousin)Pete Rock(Cousin)Michelle Phillips(Cousin)
- The Los Angeles coroner's office said that Heavy D died of natural causes. The cause of his death was a pulmonary embolism and deep-leg vein thrombosis. He also had arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
- Has one daughter Xea Myers, with Chef Antonia Lofaso.
- Although he lost 135 lbs, he kept his stage name.
- Older cousin of record producer Pete Rock.
- Attended high school with Al B. Sure!.
- I was in California the first time I heard Michael Jackson wanted to record with me. I was, like, 'Nah, no way, he's too big, it can't be true.' Then I got a call from Michael's people at my hotel telling me he was interested. But I still wasn't believing it - I thought they were setting me up for a TV practical jokes show.
- There's something about being any kind of entertainer that is acting. You have to put on a show. Things you wouldn't do in your life, you do on stage. You have to let go. And that's extra hard for rappers. We have a tendency to, quote unquote, keep it real. As an actor, you have to be able to humiliate yourself. Do whatever it takes.
- I aim my music at the hip black hip-hop audience.
- His name is Michael Jackson, not Super Michael Jackson. He makes mistakes just like all
- I'm not one of those pop guys. That's for wimps like Vanilla Ice.
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