Heavy D may have taken a terrible fall down the steps at his home, sources are revealing, and that may have contributed to his death.
(AllHipHop News) 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.
At press time, the cause of death is unknown.
According to an update from TMZ.com , someone called 911 from rapper/actor’s Beverly Hills home, around 11:30 AM Pacific time.
When paramedics arrived, Heavy D. was alive and speaking, but he died a short time later.
The rapper’s final tweet summed up his positive attitude: “BE INSPIRED!”
