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Heavy D & the Boyz was an American hip hop group led by 250-pound (113-kg) Heavy D. The Boyz were G-Wiz (Glen Parrish), Trouble T-Roy (Troy Dixon), and DJ Eddie F (Edward Ferrell). The group maintained a sizable audience in the United States through most of the 1990s.

Heavy D was born Dwight Errington Myers on 24 May 1967 in Jamaica, West Indies. His family moved to Mount Vernon, New York when he was a young childTemplate:Inote. He is known for his wild boastings about his sexual failings.

Heavy D & the Boyz were the first group signed to Uptown Records; their debut, Living Large, was released in 1987 (see 1987 in music). The album was a commercial success, though Big Tyme (1989, 1989 in music) was a breakthrough that included four hits. One of the Boyz, Trouble T-Roy, died at age 22 in a stage accident on 15 July 1990 (see 1990 in music), which led to a tribute on the follow-up platinum album, Peaceful Journey (1991, 1991 in music). Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth created a tribute to Trouble T-Roy called "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)" which is regarded as a hip-hop classic.

Heavy D & the Boyz gained more fans by appearing in the theme song for the television program In Living Color and Heavy D performed the rap on Michael Jackson's hit single "Jam." However, the group's next album, Blue Funk, was a critical and commercial failure compared to their previous success. Heavy D then began focusing on his acting, appearing in the television shows Roc and Living Single before returning the music charts with Nuttin' But Love (1994, 1994 in music). After appearing in the off-Broadway play Riff Raff at Circle Repertory Company, Heavy D returned to recording with the hit Waterbed Hev. He then acted in the motion pictures Life and The Cider House Rules before joining the cast of the television show Boston Public. A new Heavy D & the Boyz album is slated for 2006.

Discography

As Heavy D & The Boyz

• Living Large, 1987
• Big Tyme, 1989
• Peaceful Journey, 1991
• Blue Funk, 1992
• Nuttin' But Love, 1994
• Heavy Hitz, 2000
• 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection (The Best Of Heavy D & The Boyz), 2002

As Heavy D

• Waterbed Hev, 1997
• Heavy, 1999

Billboard Hot 100 charted singles

• "Now That We Found Love" (Debut: 29 Jun 1991; Peak chart position: #11)
• "Is It Good To You" (23 Nov 1991; #32)
• "Got Me Waiting" (26 Mar 1994; #20)
• "Nuttin' But Love" (2 Jul 1994; #40)
• "Black Coffee" (5 Nov 1994; #57)
• "Big Daddy" (8 Mar 1997; #18)
• "Need Your Love" - Big Bub Featuring Queen Latifah & Heavy D (6 Sep 1997; #70)

External links

• Heavy D at IMDb

References

• 'Heavy D', imdb: Internet Movies Database (2004). Retrieved June 3 2005.
• Heavy D: Information from Answers.com
• Joel Whitburn. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles: 1955-2002. Menomonee Falls, WI, USA: Record Research, 2003.
• starpulse

• American hip hop groups
• Hip hop producers
• People of Jamaican heritage