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Heavy D
Jamaican-American rapper and actor (1967-2011) · United States · On the map · Musicians · Died at 44
Dwight Arrington Myers, known professionally as Heavy D, was a Jamaican-American rapper, record producer, and actor. He was the leader of Heavy D & the Boyz, a group that included dancers/hype men G-Whiz and "Trouble" T. Roy, as well as DJ and producer Eddie F.
Heavy D is read about 918 times a day, in 25 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 8 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 412 days, one point a day.
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Close ties
Eddie Murphy Produced Life (2000)
KRS-One Duets: Rough... (1993)
Brian Grazer Produced Life (2000)
Ted Demme Directed Life (2000)
Treach Duets: Rough... (1993)
Spike Lee Produced New Jersey Drive (1995)
Queen Latifah Duets: Rough... (1993)
Harvey Weinstein Produced The Cider House Rules (2000)
Lasse Hallström Directed The Cider House Rules (2000)
Scott Caan Directed Dallas 362 (2003)
Adam Shankman Produced Step Up (2006)
Barry Sonnenfeld Directed Big Trouble (2002)
Anne Fletcher Directed Step Up (2006)
Bob Weinstein Produced The Cider House Rules (2000)- Craig Mack Heavy produced Every Little Thing I Do (1995)
Erick Sermon Produced Heavy (1999)
Richard N. Gladstein Produced The Cider House Rules (2000)
Warryn Campbell Produced Vibes (2008)
About this person
The group maintained a sizeable audience in the United States through most of the 1990s. The five albums the group released included production mainly by Teddy Riley, Marley Marl, DJ Premier, Myers's cousin Pete Rock, and "in-house" beatmaker Eddie F. Myers also released four solo albums and discovered Soul for Real and Monifah.
