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Dwight Arrington Myers [1] [2] (May 24, 1967 – November 8, 2011), [3] known professionally as Heavy D, was an American rapper, record producer, and actor.Myers was the leader of Heavy D & the Boyz, a group that included dancers/hype men G-Whiz (Glen Parrish) and "Trouble" T. Roy (Troy Dixon), as well as DJ and producer Eddie F (Edward Ferrell).
Gary Rinaldo (born May 3, 1969), better known by the name Gary G-Wiz, is an American record producer and film score composer. Most known for being a member of the hip hop production team the Bomb Squad , G-Wiz is a longtime Public Enemy producer and contributed to many albums including: Apocalypse 91...
Malcolm James McCormick (January 19, 1992 – September 7, 2018), known professionally as Mac Miller, was an American rapper. Miller began his career in Pittsburgh's local hip hop scene in 2007, at the age of 15.
Young Dolph's longtime girlfriend, Mia Jaye, has broken her silence following his death on Wednesday. Jaye shares two young kids with the rapper, born Adolph Robert Thornton Jr., who was a rising ...
Rapper DJ Unk, who was best known for the bouncy early-2000s crunk hit "Walk It Out," has died. The musician's wife Sherkita Long-Platt announced his death Friday morning on Facebook. "I just lost ...
Prominent Oakland rapper Saafir has died. He was 54. On Tuesday, Nov. 19, fellow emcee Xzibit (born Alvin Nathaniel Joiner) confirmed the death of his former Golden State Project groupmate Saafir ...
[3] [4] [5] In 2020, XXL wrote that of 77 rapper deaths they examined, more than 40 remain unsolved, including the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur, the 1997 murder of the Notorious B.I.G., and the 1999 murder of Big L. [6]
The group's debut full-length album Bravehearted was released in December 2003 with Jungle and Wiz making up the core group. The album featured guest appearances from Nas, Nashawn, Lil Jon , Jully Black and Teedra Moses , and the group scored a hit single with the Lil Jon-produced track "Quick to Back Down".