Rapper Heavy D Dies at 44 UPDATED: The artist, actor and record producer -- born Dwight Arrington Myers -- most recently appeared in Brett Ratner's "Tower Heist" as a security guard.

Heavy D, the self-proclaimed "overweight lover" of hip-hop who became one of rap's top hit-makers with wit, humor and a positive vibe, has died. He was 44.

Heavy D -- who became an influential rapper the 1990s with Heavy D & the Boyz -- died of unknown causes Tuesday, TMZ reports.

Rapper Heavy D, who rose to fame during the 1990s and scored hit singles such as "Now That We Found Love", died on Tuesday after collapsing outside his Beverly Hills home. He was 44.

Heavy D in October 2011. A pulmonary embolism brought on by a long flight killed rapper Heavy D, according to a report from the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office released Tuesday.

AP Rapper Heavy D, also known as Dwight Arrington Myers, arrives at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles in 2009.

Heavy D's family, specifically his mother, has asserted that her granddaughter will be inheriting her late father's enitre estate when she is of age.

LOS ANGELES (CBS SF) - It was as if Heavy D knew that it would be his last tweet. The self-proclaimed "overweight lover" of hip hop, who became one of rap's top hit makers with his charming ...

Trailblazing rapper Heavy D was a devoted dad with “a heart of gold” who dispensed bear hugs as easily as infectious rhymes, his grieving relatives said in their first statement Monday.

LOS ANGELES - Heavy D, the self-proclaimed "overweight lover" of hip-hop who became one of rap's top hit-makers with wit, humor and a positive vibe, has died. He was 44. Andrew Weitz of William ...

LOS ANGELES — It was as if Heavy D knew that it would be his last tweet. The self-proclaimed “overweight lover” of hip hop, who became one of rap’s top hit makers with his charming ...

Heavy D, the Jamaican-American rapper and actor known for his wit, humour and positive vibe, has died at age 44.