RIP: Heavy D

Wednesday, November 09, 2011

A Heavy Loss In The Hip Hop World


There has been a huge loss in the world of Hip Hop today as Jamaican born rap legend Heavy D passed away unexpectantly. Only aged 44, his death came as a shock to his family and friends. Shock came especially to his fans who had read tweets from him during the day - one being a retweet regarding the death of Joe Fraizer yesterday. The sad news was broken by fellow rapper Grandmaster Flash tweeted, "I was just told Heavy D passed away".

The rapper broke into the industry with the Boyz with their debut 'Livin Large' and later found fame with his hit 1991 song 'Now That We Found Love' which featured Aaron Hall. He was the first rapper to embrace his size with his self proclaiming song 'The Overweight Lovers In The House'. Then paving the way for the likes of Biggie Smalls and Fat Joe...

Heavy D had recently performed in Wales, UK at the Michael Jackson tribute concert, and even more recently at the BET Hip Hop Awards. VIBE has reported that he had died from 'respiritory issues'.

Heavy D left us with a special tweet that will surely be remembered and be strong part of his legacy.

BE INSPIRED!Tue Nov 08 06:29:46 via web
CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY
MAY HE REST IN PEACE

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