Dwight Arrington Myers, the Jamaican-American musician and actor known to fans as Heavy D. passed away in Beverly Hills last night at the young age of 44. Cause of death is unknown, but there is no evidence of foul play: his death is reported to have been "medically-related."
Here's a good YouTube playlist with selections of his extensive and varied work throughout the years. Discography: Wikipedia, Amazon, discogs.com (solo, and with The Boyz). And here is a remembrance by Heavy's cousin, the legendary hip-hop producer Pete Rock.
We have lost one of the most influential and distinctive voices of early hip-hop.
