Heavy D
Sign in to saveAlso known as Dwight Myers, Dwight Arrington Myers
Jamaican-American rapper and actor (1967–2011)
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- Works
- 1
Top works
- The Diesel Brothers
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1955-03-11
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- 32,624
- Total plays
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Heavy D (Birthed May 24th 1967 - Deceased November 8th 2011) was born Dwight Errington Myers in Jamaica. His family moved to Mount Vernon, New York when he was a young child. Heavy D & the Boyz were the first group signed to Uptown Records; their debut, Living Large, was released in 1987 (see 1987 in music). The album was a commercial success, though Big Tyme (1989, 1989 in music) was a breakthrough that included four hits. Trouble T. Roy died at age 22 in a fall on 15 July 1990 in Indianapolis
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Myers
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Mandeville
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- music executive
- Educated at
- Weber State University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- hip-hop
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Uptown Records
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- date of birth
- 1967-05-24
- date of death
- 2011-11-08
- manner of death
- natural causes
- place of burial
- Ferncliff Cemetery
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- pseudonym
- Heavy D
- start of work period
- 1986-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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