Heavy D

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Mount Vernon, New York, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Dwight Myers (born May 24, 1967), better known as Heavy D, is a Jamaican American rapper, singer and former leader of Heavy D & the Boyz, a hip hop group which included G-Whiz (Glen Parrish), "Trouble" T. Roy (Troy Dixon), and Eddie F (born Edward Ferrell). The group maintained a sizable audience in the United States through most of the 1990s. He has…

Known for

• Be Inspired: The Life of Heavy D — Self2012
• Vanilla Ice Archive — Self (archive footage)2012
• Tower Heist — Court House Guard2011
• Step Up — Omar2006
• Dallas 362 — Bear2005
• Bones — Sid Shapiro2005
• LArceny — Charles2004
• The Tracy Morgan Show — Bernard2003
• Big Trouble — Greer2002
• Boston Public — Mr. Lick / Big Boy2000

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

32,624

Total plays

172,942

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

via Last.fm · Heavy D

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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