What is Heavy D?
{{unsourced|date=November 2011}} '''Dwight Arrington Myers''' (May 24, 1967 – November 8, 2011), better known by his [[stage name]] '''Heavy D''', was a [[Jamaica]]n-born [[United States|American]] [[rapping|rapper]], singer, actor, and [[musician]]. He was born in [[Mandeville, Jamaica]] and raised in [[Mount Vernon, New York]], [[United States]]. He began his music career in the late 1980s and founded his hip hop group, Heavy D and the Boyz. The group were affiliated with [[East Coast hip hop]] music. He died in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] from a [[pulmonary embolism]] as a result of [[diabetes]]. {{US-actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:D, Heavy}} [[Category:1967 births]] [[Category:2011 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from pulmonary embolism]] [[Category:Deaths from diabetes]] [[Category:Jamaican singers]] [[Category:Singers from New York (state)]] [[Category:Rappers from New York (state)]] [[Category:Actors from New York (state)]]