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1967 – 2011Heavy D (1967-2011)Died 8 November 2011, aged 44The Jamaican-American rapper, born Dwight Myers, led the group Heavy D and the Boyz and helped bring hip hop into the mainstream in the late 1980s. He later worked as an actor and record executive. He died suddenly at his home in Beverly Hills.