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Heavy D, Janelle Monae and others perform at MyHangSuite brunch for Common Ground Foundation
VIBE 15th Anniversary Party @ The Cathedral - NYC
VIBE Magazine Editor-In-Chief Danyel Smith and Publisher Edgar Hernandez host the publication’s 15th Anniversary Celebration, featuring special performances by Doug E. Fresh, Naughty By Nature, Estelle, Brand Nubian and Ryan Leslie. Other guests include many of VIBE’s past and present legendary talent: T.I., Cassie, Dana Dane, Heavy D, Kevin Powell, Bizzy Bone, Terrence J, Yung Berg, and the cast of the upcoming film ‘NOTORIOUS’ including Mark Johnn Jeffries, Anthony Macke, Naturi Naughton, Antonique Smith and Jamal Woolard - hosted by BET personality Alesha Renée.
VIBE 15th Anniversary Party @ The Cathedral - NYC Vol.2
VIBE Magazine Editor-In-Chief Danyel Smith and Publisher Edgar Hernandez host the publication’s 15th Anniversary Celebration, featuring special performances by Doug E. Fresh, Naughty By Nature, Estelle, Brand Nubian and Ryan Leslie. Other guests include many of VIBE’s past and present legendary talent: T.I., Cassie, Dana Dane, Heavy D, Kevin Powell, Bizzy Bone, Terrence J, Yung Berg, and the cast of the upcoming film ‘NOTORIOUS’ including Mark Johnn Jeffries, Anthony Macke, Naturi Naughton, Antonique Smith and Jamal Woolard - hosted by BET personality Alesha Renée.
John Legend: Extraordinary People
The multiplatinum singer-songwriter speaks with VIBE on his quest to end global poverty and his upcoming album.
Heavy D
Name: Dwight Myers
Reppin': Mount Vernon, NY
Breakthrough: Heavy D & the Boyz were the first artists signed to Andre Harrell’s Uptown Records in 1986. The Jamaica-born Hev mixed R&B, funk, reggae and pop into his party-driven songs, like “Mr. Big Stuff” and “The Overweight Lover's in the House.” With the Boyz he released the platinum-selling Big Tyme in 1989, mixing hardcore boom bap from producer Marley Marl with New Jack Swing from that sub-genre’s guru Teddy Riley. Heavy D also composed and performed the theme songs for the television shows In Living Color (Fox), Mad TV (Fox), and The Tracy Morgan Show (NBC) and began a prolific acting career, appearing in the 1999 film Life (Universal) and 2002’s Big Trouble (Touchstone).
Now You Know: The late Trouble T. Roy, a member of Heavy D & The Boyz, was the inspiration for the classic hip hop tribute track, “They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.),” by Pete Rock & CL Smooth.
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