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Self-proclaimed ‘overweight lover of rap from money earnin’ Mount Vernon’, Heavy D (b. Dwight Myers, 24 May 1967, Jamaica, West Indies) fronted a mainstream rap outfit which has been considered the genre’s equivalent of Luther Vandross. Though the vast majority of his material represents rap’s familiar call to procreation, Heavy D’s rhymes are imbued with warmth rather than breast-beating machismo. Similarly, though he makes much of his muchness (titles like ‘Mr. Big Stuff’ are frequent), there is more to Heavy D than novelty. His debut album, produced by Teddy Riley, comprised funk alongside hints of the swingbeat sound the producer was in the process of creating. Riley was also in tow for the follow-up, though this time he was in the company of fellow rap production legend Marley Marl, among others. Q-Tip (A Tribe Called Quest), Big Daddy Kane and Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth all featured on ‘Don’t Curse’, a posse cut from Peaceful Journey. The album also included a tribute to former ba...