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L.A.: Heavy D dies at 44

Heavy D (Dwight Errington Myers), the hip hop legend whose hits with Heavy D & the Boyz helped redefine the genre in the late 1980s and early 90’s, died Tuesday in Los Angeles, at the painfully young age of 44. No cause of death was immediately determined. Alvin Blanco, writing in The Root, recalls the style and career triumphs of “the rapper you could bring home to Mama.” More in Music

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See the video, from last month’s BET Awards show, to see Hev in full flow, at his lady-killing best, at the top of his game.

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Photo: From BET Awards 2011