Rapper Heavy D. was pronounced dead at a Los Angeles hospital this afternoon.
Details are sketchy, but after a tweet from Grandmaster Flash, the news spread quickly.
The rapper, born Dwight Arrington Myers, was taken to a Los Angeles hospital about noon.
He was pronounced dead at 1 pm.
Heavy D, who made a tremendous impact in the 80s and 90s, recently performed at the BET Hip-Hop Awards.
He was the closing act and didn’t appear to have any health issues.
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