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Heavy D

1967 - 2011

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Dwight Arrington Myers (May 24, 1967 – November 8, 2011), known professionally as Heavy D, was a Jamaican-born American rapper, record producer, and actor. Myers was the leader of Heavy D & the Boyz, a group that included dancers/hype men G-Whiz (Glen Parrish) and "Trouble" T. Roy (Troy Dixon), as well as DJ and producer Eddie F (Edward Ferrell). The group maintained a sizeable audience in the United States through most of the 1990s. The five albums the group released included production mainly by Teddy Riley, Marley Marl, DJ Premier, Myers's cousin Pete Rock, and "in-house" beatmaker Eddie F. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heavy D has received more than 4,472,943 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Heavy D is the 2,772nd most popular singer (down from 2,529th in 2019), the 84th most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 77th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Jamaican Singer.

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  • 4.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 33.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Heavy D ranks 2,772 out of 3,528. Before him are Eddie Holman, Yuko Oshima, Heidi Range, Morgenshtern, Arca, and Kerli. After him are Ruth Lorenzo, Chamillionaire, Sibel Tüzün, Cristina Scarlat, Ronnie Carroll, and N.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Heavy D ranks 612. Before him are Kristen Skjeldal, Takafumi Hori, Yuichiro Hata, Kimberly Peirce, Claudinho, and Eduardo Iturralde González. After him are Anna Biryukova, Antje Harvey, Géza Röhrig, Konstantin Kozeyev, Giovanni Parisi, and David Herman. Among people deceased in 2011, Heavy D ranks 470. Before him are Vittorio Arrigoni, Jan Marek, John Dye, Saif al-Arab Gaddafi, Jani Lane, and Googie Withers. After him are Alexander Galimov, David Kato, Joseph Galibardy, Mario Miranda, Jimmy Adamson, and Mark Hatfield.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Heavy D ranks 84 out of 168. Before him are Luton Shelton (1985), Capleton (1967), Howard Cooke (1915), Elaine Thompson (1992), Veronica Campbell-Brown (1982), and Norman Manley (1893). After him are Barrington Levy (1964), Shabba Ranks (1966), Theodore Whitmore (1972), Bert Cameron (1959), Juliet Cuthbert (1964), and Leon Bailey (1997).

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Among SINGERS In Jamaica

Among singers born in Jamaica, Heavy D ranks 18. Before him are Millie Small (1947), Dennis Brown (1957), Ini Kamoze (1957), Ky-Mani Marley (1976), Sizzla (1976), and Capleton (1967). After him are Barrington Levy (1964), Shabba Ranks (1966), Buju Banton (1973), Bounty Killer (1972), Beenie Man (1973), and Omi (1986).

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