Hands down, when it comes to Hip Hop, Heavy D put Mount Vernon on the map.
"You couldn't go anywhere without people calling us, Mrs. Myers, Mr. Myers," said Eulahlee Myers, Heavy D's mother.His younger cousin is legendary producer, DJ, and rapper Peter Phillips, AKA Pete Rock.
On November 8, 2011, Mrs. Myers' youngest child died. A blood clot traveled to Dwight's lung. He was just 44 years old.From their home in Mount Vernon, the matriarch of this proud Jamaican-American family told Eyewitness News about the very beginning, when a then 17-year-old Dwight told her he wanted to be a rapper.
Heavy always made sure his lyrics were family friendly. It is one reason why artists like Michael and Janet Jackson worked with him."He said, 'I can't do it mom,' he said, 'Even if we have to go back to where we were, we go back,'" she said.
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