Heavy D

Biography

Dwight Arrington Myers (May 24, 1967 – November 8, 2011), known professionally as Heavy D, was a Jamaican-American rapper, record producer, and actor. He was the leader of Heavy D & the Boyz, a group that included dancers/hype men G-Whiz (Glen Parrish) and "Trouble" T. Roy (Troy Dixon), as well as DJ and producer Eddie F (Edward Ferrell). The group maintained a sizeable audience in the United States through most of the 1990s. The five albums the group released included production mainly by Teddy Riley, Marley Marl, DJ Premier, Myers's cousin Pete Rock, and "in-house" beatmaker Eddie F. Myers also released four solo albums and discovered Soul for Real and Monifah.

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Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Credited work

1,656 releases · 224 albums · active 1987–2025

  • Performance · 1,621
  • Production · 1,402
  • Other credits · 316
  • Engineering · 69

Studios: Soundtrack Studios · Ocean Way Recording · Record One, Los Angeles · Westlake Studios

Frequent collaborators

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