Heavy D Dead at 44
- Thread starter DirtyCake
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It's crazy to see his reaction to Joe Frazier's death on twitter, only to be gone himself the very next day... tomorrow is definitely not promised. 
http://twitter.com/#!/heavyd
http://twitter.com/#!/heavyd
RIP Hev you had a smooth rapping style and I always admired how you carried it off without swearing.
44 is damn young to be passing away
44 is damn young to be passing away
aww man, i heard about him passing away while i was driving to work...i was sad the whole night...i'm a Heavy D fan and he will be truly miss..he was one of the best rappers that ever did it..
..RIP Hev
..RIP Hev
Its crazy this brotha's death really hit me today. This shit is so unexpected, out the blue and happened to somebody seemingly so undeserving of an untimely death. I've been playing peaceful journey on repeat like crazy really feeling this one.
R.I.P.
R.I.P.
r.i.p.
R.I.P. damn, this one really hurts man. what a good dude. praying for his family. damn this gonna be really tough for Pete Rock
damn, this one really hurts man. what a good dude. praying for his family. damn this gonna be really tough for Pete Rock
peace
Didn't pay attn to this as that's my joint from '00 as it drove this album into your bones
Heavy had that kat dig deep & bring it home.
That track's amazing!
True soulful pioneer with something burning inside that had to come out one way or the other despite & thanks to wild assed times.
Setting standards these kats don't even realize that they maybe emulating.
Fuck beef, Heav had Pac & Puff before the impact of the $, egos, power & fame dancing to his music, loving hip hop.
& NOBODY had the meaner chicks in his videoes in the 90s than this man, setting the standards through his expressions.
AINT No More "RappinAcrobat" kats even trying to get it in like that anymore.
& C Breezy & the BEPs are the only ones nice enough who cold feel it & properly pay hommage to what that man brought forth with his energy.
Classic, One of a Kind Legendary Influence
Nasty
peace
so true.... r i p
The whole Uptown \Mt Vernon crew is crying tonight... from Father MC n Teddy Riley all the way to Harrel and Puffy
Lets not forget the reggae /dance hall collabs...
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Damn. RIP Heavy! You will be missed.
woooooooooooow, at a lost for words. For now I'm just gonna say: Go in peace brotha
and
man thanks for this. I forgot about him doing the theme to in living color. soon as he came out the rap just flowed from my lips. I cant believe i still remember that. He will definitely be missed.
Few of the shoutouts that have been collected in the past day:
RIP Big guy.
Rest in Peace Overweight Lover Heavy D
peace
I know right
peace
If I'm not mistaken, looked like he had JazmineGuy up front so open during that she was ready for a flashback of some ski off of a mirror or toilet & bust out doing the Whitley dance
One of the 1st & best to have ever done it if you really think about it.
Latifah was doing her thing & Big D was doing Him, consistently with reoccuring characters & good presence, big & little screens{Roc, NJDrive, LIFE, etc}, EARLY!
& STILL remember him trying to pull this young artist coat about being an entertainer & not no gangsta in patois when on the mic on that RosiePerez BernieMack hosted showcase she had on HBO in '92
Wow, the homegirl from BK was in that AlB video
To me, his HARDEST Dance joints he ever put out & probably on record for danceable R&B type hip hop tracks where u dance to him spitting are WeGotOurOwnThing extended version & YouCan'tSee
peace
This may be his best song.
RIP Heavy D I remember my older brother bumping the overweight lover when I was a little shorty running around the house dancing that was the shit sad sad news
sad sad news 
Man, this shit really hurts.....I remember first hearing Puffy's name in 90' or 91' when Heavy and Puff use to throw parties(as promoters). I lived in Newark, NJ at the time. No one knew who the fuck a Puffy Daddy was till that incident at one of their parties where some folks got stampede, shit was all over the fucking news.....
A lot of cats owes the big man their career, Heavy was one of MCA's biggest artist and Puff was just an intern with Uptown/MCA.
Dude was mad humble, never saw him brag about putting Puff on, nada. Never heard him dissed anyone on hot-97, nothing....just a live and let live type brother
A lot of cats owes the big man their career, Heavy was one of MCA's biggest artist and Puff was just an intern with Uptown/MCA.
Dude was mad humble, never saw him brag about putting Puff on, nada. Never heard him dissed anyone on hot-97, nothing....just a live and let live type brother
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peace
I used to hit up them parties, jams & stepshows @ CCNY b4 & during that time period when that shit happened;
I've waited on lines outside that & many a spot for up to 2hrs in the cold, have thrown 40 bottles off of the balcony & seen all types of wild shit in there when the promotors used to overpack them jams chasing that $mugga$ (especially muggs getting knocked the fuck out & robbed, then stepped over).
Picture lines 8-10 persons wide, extending the length of an entrance to CCNY or any particular venue, wrapping around corners where 10 pm was still VERY early in terms of getting to a jam;
if you were able to get in & go sit in that lobby with the big glass plane window, you could see who was on line like looking into a crowded fishtank.
Although that was a tragic incident & they or Puff in particular caught the flack, overpacked jams with wilding youth was a regular thing for those times & wasnt seen out of the ordinary.
That's just what it was back then within a climate where the mainstream, adults & general public THOUGHT this hip hop wild Urban youth energy was just a passing fad.
Big Heav kept it dignified when he addressed the public in the interview I posted in my 1st post a few pages back.
Puff was throwing parties either @ the RedParrot or the RedZOne back in those days, helping to maintain his bubble & hold of his core audience.
He said he created BadBoy to try & capture that wild, ill sick rockin vibe places like TheRooftop used to generate.
HeavD was the main steadily successful artist blowing up & on the comeup within that mid to late 80s, early 90s vibe ting.
peace
Man, this shit really hurts.....I remember first hearing Puffy's name in 90' or 91' when Heavy and Puff use to throw parties(as promoters). I lived in Newark, NJ at the time. No one knew who the fuck a Puffy Daddy was til that incident at one of their parties where some folks got stampede, shit was all over the fucking news.....
A lot of cats owes the big man their career, Heavy was one of MCA's biggest artist and Puff was just an intern with Uptown/MCA.
Dude was mad humble, never saw him brag about putting Puff on, nada. Never saw him dissed anyone on hot-97, nothing....just a live and let live type brother
I used to hit up them parties, jams & stepshows @ CCNY b4 & during that time period when that shit happened;
I've waited on lines outside that & many a spot for up to 2hrs in the cold, have thrown 40 bottles off of the balcony & seen all types of wild shit in there when the promotors used to overpack them jams chasing that $mugga$ (especially muggs getting knocked the fuck out & robbed, then stepped over).
Picture lines 8-10 persons wide, extending the length of an entrance to CCNY or any particular venue, wrapping around corners where 10 pm was still VERY early in terms of getting to a jam;
if you were able to get in & go sit in that lobby with the big glass plane window, you could see who was on line like looking into a crowded fishtank.
Although that was a tragic incident & they or Puff in particular caught the flack, overpacked jams with wilding youth was a regular thing for those times & wasnt seen out of the ordinary.
That's just what it was back then within a climate where the mainstream, adults & general public THOUGHT this hip hop wild Urban youth energy was just a passing fad.
Big Heav kept it dignified when he addressed the public in the interview I posted in my 1st post a few pages back.
Puff was throwing parties either @ the RedParrot or the RedZOne back in those days, helping to maintain his bubble & hold of his core audience.
He said he created BadBoy to try & capture that wild, ill sick rockin vibe places like TheRooftop used to generate.
HeavD was the main steadily successful artist blowing up & on the comeup within that mid to late 80s, early 90s vibe ting.
peace
i really felt this one. heavy was my dude. damn
