Wednesday 9 November 2011

Heavy D Dies at 44

The rapper and actor passed away on Tuesday, but the cause of death has not yet been determined. SAD NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF HIP HOP AS HEAVY D DIED TUESDAY. PARAMEDICS WERE CALLED TO THE RAP ICON'S BEVERLY HILLS HOME AND TRANSPORTED HIM TO A HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. A CAUSE OF DEATH HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED. HEAVY WAS BEST KNOWN FOR THE HIT TRACKS "NUTTIN BUT LOVE" AND THIS ONE, FROM 1991 ... "NOW THAT WE FOUND LOVE" REACHED #11 ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100. HEAVY, BORN DWIGHT MYERS, HAD MADE A RETURN TO THE STAGE AT LAST MONTH'S BET AWARDS, AND HE WAS ALSO STILL ACTING, WITH A ROLE IN THE RECENTLY RELEASED MOVIE "TOWER HEIST." AS NEWS OF HIS DEATH BROKE, DOZENS OF CELEBS HIT TWITTER TO EXPRESS THEIR SHOCK AND SADNESS. JOHN LEGEND TWEETED: "I'm so sad about Hev. He really was a wonderful person," WHILE SAMUEL L JACKSON WROTE: "Ahhh man! Heavy D?! Dwight wz a dear friend. Fond memories of a truly cool brutha." Will.I.Am tweeted: "Heavy D inspired me to be me," while DIDDY said: "Heavy D is the person who gave me my 1st chance in the music industry. He got me my internship at Uptown. He Believed when no one else did." And Keri Hilson summed up the feelings of many fans with her tweet: "RIP Heavy D. Glad I had the pleasure of meeting you. In your words, 'I got nuthin but love for ya.' Prayers to his family & friends." IN A FITTING FINAL ACT, HEAVY D HIMSELF TOOK TO TWITTER A FEW HOURS BEFORE HIS DEATH AND POSTED THIS TWO-WORD MESSAGE: "BE INSPIRED!" HEAVY D WAS 44 YEARS OLD.

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