Rapper Heavy D killed after fall at California home, report says

Rapper Heavy D, who rose to fame during the 1990s and scored hit singles such as Now That We Found Love, died on Tuesday after collapsing outside his Beverly Hills home. He was 44.

Beverly Hills police Lieutenant Mark Rosen said in a statement that the cheap jerseys from china rapper, whose real name is Dwight Arrington Meyers, was found on a walkway at 11:25 a.m. (PT) outside his condominium. He conscious and talking, but having difficulty breathing. Paramedics were called and the singer was rushed to a nearby hospital.

“The individual ultimately died at the hospital,” Lt. Rosen said. He cheap nhl jerseys added that there were no signs of foul play, and the death is believed to be medically related. An official cause is pending an autopsy by Los Angeles County coroners.

The singer’s New York-based agent was not immediately available for comment.

Rotund rapper Heavy D was born in Jamaica and moved to Mt. Vernon, N.Y., as a child. He enjoyed hip-hop as a kid and formed his first group, the Boyz, with high school friends who took the stage names DJ Eddie F, Trouble T-Roy and G-Wiz.

The group became Heavy D & The Boyz and released their first album in miami heat jerseys 1987, which included singles Mr. Big Stuff and The Overweight Lover’s in the House. Their breakout album came with 1989’s “Big Tyme,” which included the hits Somebody for Me and We Got Our Own Thang.

The band met with tragedy in 1990 when Trouble T-Roy died jerseysusa in an accident. One year later, they scored their biggest hit with the album Peaceful Journey and single Now That We Found Love, which reached the top five on R&B charts and crossed over to mainstream pop audiences.

A string of hits followed in the 1990s. The band sang the theme kegogo song for popular TV show In Living Color, and Heavy D’s 1999 CD Heavy became his seventh album to chart among the R&B top 10.

During those years, the rapper also began acting, working in small roles on film and TV before landing a role in high-school TV drama Boston Public. His film work included parts in The Cider House Rules, Step Up and Big Trouble.

Musicians and fans mourned the rapper’s death on Twitter.
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“U will be missed Heavy D so many laughs we’ve shared but your Music is Timeless and will Always be Around 4ever Love u Heav...,” posted rapper Missy Elliot.