[size=14pt]Rapper Heavy D dies at 44[/size]
Nov. 8, 2011, 5:41 PM EST
By RollingStone

Heavy D, the former leader of the hip-hop group Heavy D and the Boyz, has died at the age of 44.

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The rapper was rushed to a hospital in Los Angeles on Tuesday afternoon and was pronounced dead at 1 p.m. PT.

Police are investigating his death, but there are no signs of foul play.

Heavy D, born Dwight Arrington Myers, broke into the music industry with "Living Large," his first record with the Boyz, in 1987.

He went on to even greater success with the hit "Now That We Found Love" in 1991, and recorded theme songs for the television series "In Living Color" and "MADtv." In recent years, D recorded a series of reggae fusion albums.

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