Heavy D

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TIHH: Heavy D & The Boyz bring the funk to the streets.

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On this day, April 22, in hip-hop history... 1997: Heavy D releases his first solo album Waterbed Hev, one of D's only three solo projects. After five albums as the front-man of Heavy D and the Boyz, Jamaican-born rapper Heavy D parted ways with back-up dancer G-Whiz and DJ Eddie F. The...

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