R.I.P. Heavy D

32 Comments

1. 1
   sarcasatire
   Posted November 8, 2011 at 3:20 pm

   I’ll miss you, my Overweight Lover.

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   chaosbutterfly
   Posted November 8, 2011 at 4:39 pm

   That is so sad.
   44 is way too young to be dead.
   I’m gonna need people to take better care of themselves.

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   fancyface3000
   Posted November 8, 2011 at 4:49 pm

   Loved this song! It could really get the party started! Rest in Peace, Dwight Arrington Meyers.

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   2hyper
   Posted November 8, 2011 at 5:30 pm

   He recently lost a lot of weight and was taking care of himself. He had a freak accident..fell down a flight of stairs in his house.

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   Classy Drunk
   Posted November 8, 2011 at 5:32 pm

   ” Is it good to you”….one of my favorite songs EVER

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   NikkiHughes
   Posted November 8, 2011 at 6:30 pm

   It is so weird how the 3 always happens….

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   Classy Drunk
   Posted November 8, 2011 at 7:15 pm

   We had the greatest dance routine to this song in 7th grade. I really loved some Heavy D

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   kthxbai
   Posted November 8, 2011 at 7:48 pm

   TMZ is saying he had pneumonia and started having trouble breathing going up the steps. I’m guessing he had a heart attack.

   I’m just grateful to him for sharing his talent with everybody.

   This comment was on some random site: “It’s so sad when legends die. It makes me feel weird inside.”

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   faye
   Posted November 8, 2011 at 8:18 pm

   I normally feel bad about celebrity deaths but I move on but this one hurts. Heavy D defined my teenage years in the late 80s early 90s when I was best friends with someone who was the best and since I’m a jackass I ruinedbour friendship. Now we just like each other status on Facebook but I remember us in torn USED brand jeans and painters caps hanging at mall and putting our money together to buy his CD and sitting up all night making a cassette tape so we could both have a copy. Thanks for the memories Heavy D

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    sarcasatire
    Posted November 8, 2011 at 9:38 pm

    Faye..no you did NOT bring up torn USED jeans!! Lawd, now you got me reminiscing about wearing USED shorts with my friends for our Block Party dance routine. (Because, you know back then how much tween/teen girls loved forming groups and dancing at Brooklyn block parties.)

    Now I’m gonna be up all night thinking about Batman medallions, Cross Color outfits worn with Travel Fox, and dancing to Heavy D’s reggae song with Supercat, “Dem don’t worry weeeeeeeee..”, and it’s all your fault. (Thanks for triggering the memories!! )

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    sheesh
    Posted November 9, 2011 at 5:23 am

    My favorite was “Blue Funk”. I always was a huge (no pun intended) Heavy D fan.

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    lrhflute
    Posted November 9, 2011 at 6:22 am

    Oh man….this is so sad!! Nads, that song also brings me back to 7th grade when we had to do an aerobic exercise. Good times (though not really). The song was good, at least. And he’ll be truly missed. RIP Heavy D!

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    Gypsy
    Posted November 9, 2011 at 6:46 am

    Oh man, backing up everyone into a circle so we could have a dance off to Heavy D, we’d battle like out lives depended on it. Threading the needle (forwards and back) and doing our routines ( I feel ya @ Classy )

    44, wow! I’m gonna get corny and quote Billy Joel “Only the good die young.”

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    classy drunk
    Posted November 9, 2011 at 6:59 am

    Heavy D was quite the dancer himself especially for a man of his size. He was always dancing with “the boyz” in his videos. One of my favorite episodes of A Different World is at the end Heavy and Ron do the Heavy D dance (not sure what the name was).

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    Faye
    Posted November 9, 2011 at 7:12 am

    @sarcasatire – Please don’t make me take my high top reeboks with the velcro closure out the closet and do the Gangsta Bump cause I still know all the steps!!

    @Gypsy – Need to call my friend and convince her to come and do the Kid N Play side by side with me…

    WHERE ARE MY BAMBOO EARRINGS (at least two pair!!!)

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    LAC
    Posted November 9, 2011 at 7:19 am

    Faye and Sarcas…LOL! Lawd, you know how to age a girl!

    Heavy D – love ya. Somewhere in heaven, folks are lining up ready to Kid N Play as you enter the gates!

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    Gypsy
    Posted November 9, 2011 at 7:45 am

    OK Faye, Sarcas, LAC and Classy…youse are too much! Cross colors, batman medallions? Kind N Play dance??? High top fades? I actually remember that episode! heavy D what quite the dancer!

    At least I am not alone, how did we not all go to the same school???

    I actually wore a huge pair of bamboo earrings this past Halloween (don’t ask) This trip down memory lane is way too good, I am about to overload on awesome hip hop memories.

    What about Triple Phat Goose jackets and Starter hats WITH the tags STILL ON!?!?!

    Faye- call your girl and I’ll see if I can Facebook my old crew and we can dance battle for bragging rights in the circle. YES!

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    faye
    Posted November 9, 2011 at 8:37 am

    Gypsy it is on up in this mickeyflicker!! You know your dance crew means business when everyone has a nickname either based on there best dance skill or their deformity … I’m about to hit up Short Leg Shelia and Running Man Dre on their beepers and tell them to dust of the Karl Kani shirts we have a battle to attend. Where are my scrunchy socks and penny loafers!?

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    Gypsy
    Posted November 9, 2011 at 8:45 am

    MICKEY FLICKER???? HOWLING right now.

    Mine was Double Time, cause I danced twice as fast as the beat, LOL!

    I’ll get my tripled up wigwams and scrunchies to match on and we’ll do this thing!

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    Faye
    Posted November 9, 2011 at 9:15 am

    Mine was POISON cause I had a big butt and a smile!!! LMAO

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    kthxbai
    Posted November 9, 2011 at 9:20 am

    ROFL @ mickeyflicker!

    You know you can still get Triple Phat Goose jackets so I guess they’ve turned into a timeless wardrobe basic now.

    Heavy D is up in Heaven Ling his AO at this thread!

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    fancyface3000
    Posted November 9, 2011 at 9:24 am

    OMG — I’ve been transported back to the 80s/90s. Whitley, where are my Dwayne Wayne flip up glasses? I know in Heaven everyone is lined up chanting: “The overweight lover’s in the houzzzzzeeeee! Love ya, Hev.

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    sarcasatire
    Posted November 9, 2011 at 9:33 am

    I love y’all. That is all. *still giggling*

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    classy drunk
    Posted November 9, 2011 at 9:39 am

    Mine was Lefty. I am lefty handed so I would always have to remember to turn right instead of left. I messed up quite a few routines turning the wrong way.

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    Sassygrl72
    Posted November 9, 2011 at 9:48 am

    The Overweight Lover has left the house.

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    Gypsy
    Posted November 9, 2011 at 10:47 am

    @ Classy how Zoolander of you! You were ahead of your time!

    This thread MMD! I’m gonna rock some Ohhhhhh on the TLC tip on my ipod later this afternoon with my hat to da back! *SMILES EAR TO EAR*

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    LAC
    Posted November 9, 2011 at 10:49 am

    LOL! Gypsy and faye, you have me howling!! You ain’t right!!!

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    Gypsy
    Posted November 9, 2011 at 11:15 am

    Peace in the Middle East, I’m outtie 5000.

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    sarcasatire
    Posted November 9, 2011 at 11:52 am

    Wait! I just got the telephone man to cut me some rope, who’s down for some double dutch?

    “D-I-S-H, choice, sleeping beauty…”

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    LAC
    Posted November 9, 2011 at 1:33 pm

    My fav is ” Is it good to you?”

    Love the lines: “Many are called, but the chosen are few. And all I want to know, is it good to you?” And that beat…we be hittin’ that dance floor back in the day! He was a gymnast with those lyrics.

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    PlathAddict
    Posted November 9, 2011 at 1:39 pm

    Does anyone else remember that Cynthia Bailey of RHOA was is quite a few of his videos back in the day? It was back when the girls in videos could still be considered hot while fully clothed. Man, I miss those days.

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    J-Mo
    Posted November 10, 2011 at 3:29 pm

    let’s not forget the Heavster’s appearance on two major jams of the 90′s… Michael Jackson’s “Jam” and (my personal favorite)… Janet Jackson’s “Alright”…

    love, J-Mo