Report: Rapper Heavy D dead at 44
TMZ is reporting that rapper Heavy D died Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 44.
TMZ reports that the influential '90s rapper -- real name Dwight Arrington Myers -- was rushed to a hospital around noon Tuesday and was pronounced dead at the hospital at 1 p.m.
According to theGrio.com, he suffered from a yet to be identified infection.
Heavy D's hits included "The Overweight Lover's in the House," "We Got Our Own Thang," "Now That We Found Love" and the theme from the hit television show "In Living Color."