Heavy D -- real name Dwight Arrington Myers -- was rushed to an L.A. hospital around noon today ... and was pronounced dead at the hospital at 1 PM. He was 44 years old.

Heavy D Dead At 44, The Hip-Hop Community Reacts Get More: Music News Posted 13 hrs ago by MTV News in Music News “No words can describe the sadness I feel inside my heart. Hev was my biggest cheerleader, introduced me to the game and he Dwight Errington Meyers p/k/a Heavy D most importantly was […]

Heavy D – Last Performance At 2011 BET Hip Hop Awards Rapper Heavy D performs at the BET Hip Hop Awards 2011 on October 1 in Atlanta. Los Angeles (CNN) — Rapper Heavy D collapsed in his Beverly Hills home Tuesday morning and died a short time later at a Los Angeles hospital, according to […]