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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: oakranger on November 08, 2011, 11:43:16 PM
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Wow! I did not think he was that close to my age.
Popular '90s rapper Heavy D died Tuesday, the L.A. Coroner Chief Craig Harvey told People. He was 44 years old.
"He was transported from a residence in Beverly Hills and was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead in the emergency room," Harvey told People. "The cause of death is yet to be determined; we're investigating it now. We do know that he last saw his doctor two weeks ago."
According to TMZ, the artist, whose real name is Dwight Arrington Myers, was pronounced dead at 1 p.m. today after being taken to a Los Angeles hospital.
At around 11:25 a.m., a 911 call was reportedly made, reporting an unconscious male outside.
TMZ reports that the "Now That We Found Love" rapper was conscious and talking when he was taken to the hospital.
There are reportedly no signs of foul play.
Heavy D appears in the Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy film "Tower Heist" and performed an old school set at the BET Hip-Hop Awards in October.
Stephen Hill, BET president of music programming and specials, said Heavy D was in good spirits when he performed at the hip-hop event. " I'm so glad that we got to work together for his performance at last month's BET Hip-Hop Awards," Hill said in a statement. "Hev was focused, energetic and happy; he worked HARD, as he always had, to excite the crowd."
Hill added that Heavy D was known for his showmanship. " When Hev showed up, you knew the show was about to go down," he said. "Smooth on his feet and nimble with his tongue, the overweight lover/rapper/dancer was one who truly believed in the fun of hip-hop. Choreography? In rap? Yes!"
Ernie Singleton, who was the president of black music of MCA Records when Heavy D joined the label in 1986, considers working with the artist as a highlight of his career. "Having the pleasure of signing Heavy D through the Uptown deal was one of the greatest experiences of my life," he told Yahoo! Music.
Heavy D & The Boyz was the first act released on Uptown Records, an MCA subsidiary that boasted a roster including Al B. Sure, Mary J. Blige, and an intern-turned-mogul Sean "Puffy" Combs.
Singleton said releasing Heavy D first was an obvious choice. "We were putting a compilation together. Heavy D's song 'Mr. Big Stuff' was a runaway record and there was an album done on Heavy D. … When you sign an artist and everybody is reacting very positively to it, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to speed up the process and get a record out."
Heavy D collaborated with a number of artists over the course of his career. He appears on the remix of Janet Jackson's song "Alright" from her "Rhythm Nation 1814" album, and on Michael Jackson's "Jam" from his "Dangerous" set. His biggest single was his 1991 song "Now That We Found Love" that reached No. 11 on the pop charts.
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Never heard of him.
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Never heard of him.
Feel better now?
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Feel better now?
Do you?
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Do you?
Yessuh.
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Good reminder to get your hypertension in check. Maybe get out from your computer once in a while and expierience some real life. I know some of you havnt left your joystick in months..lol :joystick:
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Who is he?
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And it seems no one who has posted here experienced the nineties but the op and I. Shame. And no better way to insult someones death by asking what, who, and who cares. I remember him, and still remember what he did. It's a shame what happened.
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I lived through the 90s, 80s, 70s, 60, late 50s.........
If your insulted then I'd suggest staying away from public forums.
I've never heard of this guy and I stated so. Looks like 2 people evidently have heard of him.
I see looking back at the OP's post that the guy was some rapper. Well there you go, I only listen to music. That explains it.
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three hundred eighty pounds o good lovin!
... and I'm guessing thats what killed him ...
anyway he made me dance way back so I'll sling him an RIP :)
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finaly
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And it seems no one who has posted here experienced the nineties but the op and I. Shame. And no better way to insult someones death by asking what, who, and who cares. I remember him, and still remember what he did. It's a shame what happened.
some people are just $#!- bags.
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some people are just $#!- bags.
That fits a lot of rappers.
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That fits a lot of rappers.
Fits a lot of "musicians" too
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Was never a fan of his or most like him. Considering his background perhaps karma is a bi.... anyways... condolences to the family.
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some people
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Was never a fan of his or most like him. Considering his background perhaps karma is a bi.... anyways... condolences to the family.
I thought his background was pretty normal ... what are you referring to?
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by all accounts it appears he was a hard working immigrant with health and weight issues he was working hard to overcome. His weight may have however been the underlying cause and he died young. He came to America, realized a dream, worked hard and played hard. I hope he enjoyed life as much as he appeared to have done. RIP.
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Kind of a jerk move...I'm sure his friends and family would really appreciate that
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never heard of him, and i could care less about the genre of music. stuff is pathetic, but none the less, a celebrity to some died and i give my condolences.