Heavy D & the Boyz
Origin	United States
Genres	Hip hop, Reggae fusion
Years active	1981–present[citation needed]
Members
Heavy D G-Whiz DJ Eddie F
Former members
"Trouble" T. Roy (Deceased)

Heavy D (born Dwight Errington Myers on May 24, 1967) Better known by his stage name Heavy D, an American rapper and former leader of Heavy D & the Boyz, a hip hop group which included G-Whiz (Glen Parrish), "Trouble" T. Roy (Troy Dixon), and Eddie F (born Edward Ferrell). The group maintained a sizable audience in the United States through most of the 1990s.^[1] He has recently ventured into reggae music and can now be described as a reggae fusion artist.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Discography 2.1 Albums 2.2 Singles 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Biography

Myers was born on May 24, 1967, in Jamaica. His family moved to Mount Vernon, New York, when he was a young child.

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. Trouble T. Roy died at age 22 in a fall on July 15, 1990, in Indianapolis (see 1990 in music). Dixon's passing led to a tribute on the follow-up platinum album, Peaceful Journey (1991, 1991 in music). Pete Rock & CL 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.^[1]

Heavy D & the Boyz gained even more fame by singing the theme song for the television program In Living Color and also MADtv, and Heavy D performed the rap on Michael Jackson's hit single "Jam." However, the group's next album, Blue Funk, was not marketed as well as their previous albums^{[citation needed]}, but is widely viewed as an underrated gem.^{[citation needed]} Heavy D then began focusing on his acting, appearing in the television shows A Different World, Roc and Living Single before returning the music charts with Nuttin' But Love (1994). After appearing in the off-Broadway play Riff Raff at Circle Repertory Company, Heavy D returned to recording with the hit Waterbed Hev.^[1] In 2005, the Will Smith movie "Hitch" played the song "Now That We Found Love" during the ending scene where a wedding party does a line dance, and gave Heavy D & the Boyz a lot of exposure, sending many viewers to the web to find out more about the song and the group.^{[citation needed]}

He then appeared in the motion picture 'Life", before joining the cast of the television show Boston Public. In 2002, Heavy D had a supporting role as an FBI agent alongside Omar Epps in the movie adaptation of Dave Barry's novel Big Trouble. In 2003 he starred in the supporting cast for the sit-com The Tracy Morgan Show as Bernard. In 1997, Heavy D collaborated with B.B. King on his duets album Deuces Wild rapping in the song "Keep It Coming." He also has a small role in the 1999 Oscar-nominated movie "The Cider House Rules (film)". In 2005, Heavy D appeared as Sid in the hit Fox drama Bones, as the owner and bartender at Wong Fu's. In 2006, he appeared in the motion picture, Step Up, as Omar.^[1]

Heavy D has now released a new reggae album via itunes, called Vibes.

Heavy D reportedly has a son who is currently releasing mix tapes as a rapper.

Heavy D was referred to in the song "Juicy" by the Notorious B.I.G. He also appears as the bouncer in the music video for "One More Chance" by Notorious B.I.G.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

As Heavy D & The Boyz

• 1987: Living Large (Uptown) - US Pop #92, US R&B #10
• 1989: Big Tyme (Uptown) - US Pop #19, US R&B #1 (Platinum)
• 1991: Peaceful Journey (Uptown) - US Pop #21, US R&B #5 (Platinum)
• 1993: Blue Funk (Uptown) - US Pop #40, US R&B #7 (Gold)
• 1994: Nuttin' But Love (Uptown) - US Pop #11, US R&B #1 (Platinum)
• 2000: Heavy Hitz (MCA)
• 2002: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Heavy D & The Boyz (MCA)
• 2009: Uptown Heavy Ranking Geffen Records

As Heavy D

• 1997: Waterbed Hev (Uptown/Universal) - US Pop #9, US R&B #3 (Gold)
• 1999: Heavy (Uptown/Universal) - US Pop #60, US R&B #10
• 2008: Vibes (Stride Entertainment/Federal Distribution)
• 2009: Vibes (reissued on Malaco Records)

[edit] Singles

Year	Song	Chart positions				Album
		U.S. Hot 100	U.S. R&B	U.S. Rap	UK
1987	"Mr. Big Stuff"	—	60	—	61	Living Large
1988	"Don't You Know"	—	12	—	—
1989	"We Got Our Own Thang" "Money Earnin Mt.Vernon	—	10	3	69	Big Tyme
	"Somebody For Me"	—	10	1	—
1990	"Gyrlz, They Love Me"	—	12	4	—
	"Big Tyme"	—	—	24	—
1991	"Now That We Found Love"	11	5	4	2	Peaceful Journey
	"Is It Good To You"	32	13	12	46
1992	"Don't Curse"	—	69	8	—
	"Peaceful Journey"	—	54	—	—
	"You Can't See What I Can See"	—	69	—	—	You Can See What I Can See 12"
1993	"Who's The Man"	—	52	3	—	Blue Funk
	"Truthful"	—	57	7	—
1994	"Got Me Waiting"	20	3	1	—	Nuttin' But Love
	"Nuttin But Love"	40	18	9	—
	"This Is Your Night"	—	—	—	30
	"Black Coffee"	57	15	8	—
1995	"Sex Wit You"	—	105	44	—
1997	"Big Daddy"	18	5	2	—	Waterbed Hev
	"Keep It Comin" A	—	46	—	—
	"I'll Do Anything"A	—	65	—	—
2008	"Long Distance Girlfriend"	20	3	1	—	Vibes
2009	"No Matter What"	—	—	—	—

• ^A Did not chart on the Hot 100 or Hot R&B/Hip-Hop charts (Billboard rules at the time prevented album cuts from charting). Chart peak listed here represents Hot 100 Airplay and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay charts data.

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[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Heavy D at MySpace
• Heavy D at the Internet Movie Database
• Heavy D. Returns with a Hit Reggae Album 2008