According to TMZ, the artist was rushed to a hospital around noon and was pronounced dead at 1 p.m.
http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A2KJ3CUkt...1/08/8704886-report-rapper-heavy-d-dead-at-44
If you don't know him, one of the founders of hip-hop:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNEgUPKxk7A
Rest in Peace Dwight Arrington Myers
http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A2KJ3CUkt...1/08/8704886-report-rapper-heavy-d-dead-at-44
If you don't know him, one of the founders of hip-hop:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNEgUPKxk7A
Rest in Peace Dwight Arrington Myers