Heavy D. & the Boyz
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Review by Jon Young, Musician, September 1991
WHETHER YOU loathe him or merely despise him, Vanilla Ice has cast the entire rap scene in a new light. Now the likes of Heavy ...
Heavy D: 'Big Daddy' (Uptown/Universal)
Review by Michael A. Gonzales, The Source, March 1997
WHILE OTHER rappers transform into pistol-waving papa's blasting on the ave., brother Heavy D has always played the role as the light-skin/overweight Romeo. ...
Heavy D: There's Something About Heavy
Interview by Amy Linden, The Source, July 1999
WHEN HEAVY D was just a kid, when he was Dwight Myers, the youngest of six children in a Jamaican immigrant family, he used to ...
Obituary by Adam Sweeting, The Guardian, 9 November 2011
THE RAPPER HEAVY D, who has died suddenly aged 44, after collapsing at his home, was among a handful of hip-hop stars from the 1980s ...
Obituary by Michael A. Gonzales, Complex, 10 November 2011
Though many remember him as "the overweight lover," Heavy D was much more than one of hip-hop's first pop stars. He made some of his ...
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