Vandaag is bekend geworden dat de Amerikaanse rapper Heavy D op 44 jarige leeftijd is overleden, hij is in Los Angels ingestort en overleden aan een nog onbekende oorzaak. Heavy D brak eind jaren tachtig en negentig door in wat de Gouden Eeuw van de Hip Hop werd genoemd. Hij was een markante verschijning met altijd er lekkere en vooral vrolijke zomer tracks.

Heavy D, the former leader of the hip-hop group Heavy D and the Boyz, has died at the age of 44. The rapper was rushed to a hospital in Los Angeles earlier this afternoon and was pronounced dead at 1 p.m. PT. Police are investigating his death but there are no signs of foul play.

Heavy D, born Dwight Arrington Myers, broke into the music industry with Living Large, his first record with the Boyz, in 1987. He went on to even greater success with the hit "Now That We Found Love" in 1991, and recorded theme songs for the television series In Loving Color and MADtv. In recent years, D recorded a series of reggae fusion albums.