Heavy D, the former leader of the hip-hop group Heavy D and the Boyz, has died at the
age of 44. The rapper was rushed to a
hospital in Los Angeles earlier this afternoon and was pronounced dead at 1
p.m. PT.
Police are investigating his death but there are no signs of foul
play.
Heavy D, born Dwight Arrington Myers, broke into the music industry with
Living Large, his first record with the Boyz, in 1987.
He went on to
even greater success with the hit "Now That We Found Love" in 1991, and recorded
theme songs for the television series In Living Color and
MADtv. In recent years, D recorded a series of reggae fusion
albums.
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