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Heavy D

Songwriter / Record Producer / Actor / Music Executive | * 05/24/1967 († 44, 11/08/2011) | Mount Vernon, New York (United States of America (USA))
Dwight Arrington Myers (May 24, 1967 – November 8, 2011), known professionally as Heavy D, was a Jamaican-born 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). The group maintained a sizeable audience in the United States through most of the 1990s. The five albums the group released included production mainly by Teddy Riley, Marley Marl, DJ Premier, Myers's cousin Pete Rock, and "in-house" beatmaker Eddie F. Myers also released four solo albums and discovered Soul for Real and Monifah. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Crime

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Movies with Heavy D as Actor(16)

as Court House Guard2011 Tower Heist
as Omar2006 Step Up
as Charles2004 Larceny
as Bear2003 Dallas 362
as Greer2002 Big Trouble
as Jake1999 Life
as Peaches1999 The Cider House Rules
as Bo1997 The Deli
as himself1997 B.A.P.S.
as Bo-Kane1995 New Jersey Drive
as himself1995 Your Studio and You
as himself1993 Who's the Man?
as himself1990 The Earth Day Special

TV Shows/Series with Heavy D as Actor(7)

as Sid Shapiro2005 Bones
as Bernard2003 The Tracy Morgan Show
as Calvin Hendricks1991 Roc
1991 Roc
as Farouche1989 Tales from the Crypt

Born: Wednesday, 05/24 1967 (May) in Mount Vernon, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Tuesday, 11/08 2011 (November) in Beverly Hills (aged: 44)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Mount Vernon High School
Member of: Heavy D. & the Boyz
Record Label: Uptown Records
Other names for Heavy D (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Dwight 'Heavy D' Myers"
"Dwight Myers"
"Dwight Errington Myers"
Heavy D frequently works together with these people:
Lou Martini Jr. (8x, Actor)
Beverly Jackson (7x, Actress)
Terry Serpico (6x, Actor)
Jeff Pollack (6x, Crew)
Eddie Gorodetsky (6x, Crew)
Myk Watford (6x, Actor)
Eddie Murphy (5x, Actor)
Michael Gaston (5x, Actor)
Isiah Whitlock Jr. (5x, Actor)
Linda Powell (5x, Actress)
Warren Leight (5x, Crew)
William H. Burns (5x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:310348, Added: 08/13/2018, Last updated: 03/11/2024