Health & Wellness
Heavy D’s cause of death revealed
Dwight Meyrs known as Heavy D, died from a pulmonary embolism caused by deep leg vein thrombosis.
Heavy D’s cause of death has been revealed.
According to TMZ, Dwight Meyrs known as Heavy D, died from a pulmonary embolism caused by deep leg vein thrombosis.
Officials also stated Heavy D suffered from heart disease which could have also been a contributing factor to his death.
Heavy D’s cause of death
A pulmonary embolism is a blockage of one or more arteries in the lungs. It is most often caused by blood clots which travel in from other parts of he body. In Heavy D’s cause of death case, the clot was formed in his legs.
About Heavy
In the 90s, Heavy D was one of the most influential rappers in hip-hop having massive hits including “Now That We Found Love.” He also wrote and performed the theme song for “In Living Color” and appeared as an actor in the movie “Life.
He came on the scene in the late 1980s as the frontman of the hip-hop group Heavy D and the Boyz, which he formed with neighborhood friends Eddie F (Edward Ferrel), G-Whiz (Glen Parrish) and Trouble T-Roy (Troy Dixon).
The Boyz were the first group signed to burgeoning Uptown Records, and their 1987 debut, “Living Large,” reached the No. 10 spot on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
Their 1989 album “Big Tyme” went platinum and yielded the hits “We Got Our Own Thang,” “Somebody For Me” and “Gyrlz, They Love Me.”
They went on to release three more albums and recorded the theme songs for the TV shows “In Living Color” and “MADtv” before Myers delved on a solo career.
Born May 24, 1967, in Jamaica, Myers was the youngest of six children. His mother Eulah, a nurse, and father, Clifford, a film technician, moved the family to Mount Vernon, N.Y., when he was young.
He found success in the music industry despite having dropped out of school after the eighth grade. Myers garnered praise for his radio-friendly, playful flows and was embraced as an unlikely sex symbol by female fans who called him a “big teddy bear.”
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