The Entertainment Industry, stars, fans, friends and family of Dwight Arrington Myers, bka "Heavy D" are still reeling from his sudden death...It seems he was poised for a comeback, potentially courting thirty-something year old hip-hop fans...Standing 6'3" and usually weighing in over 300 lbs, he had managed to shed 150 lbs in 2005 for the lead role for a Will Smith production, "Medal of Honor Rag"...You can see in the photo above how much lighter he looked in 2008... But you will see in the report below from ABC News that last month, October 2011, when he performed, at the BET Hip-Hop Awards, for the first time in over 15 years that he had regained a lot of the lost weight...
Heavy D was a pioneer in the Entertainment Industry for weight challenged people...Also, he managed to bring hip-hop into the mainstream as you will see in the Sprite commercial below which Heavy D & the Boyz performed in, in 1990... After viewing the commercial you can check out 10 facts about Heavy D that you may not have known here...
Heavy D's private funeral will be held in Mt. Vernon, NY where he grew up...Although his funeral is private, Mary J. Blige, Sean "Diddy" Combs and the Wayans Brothers (formerly of In Living Color, of which Heavy D recorded the theme song) are all expected to attend...Heavy D is survived by his parents and his 13-year old daughter...
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