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Heavy D is a Contemporary R&B and Hip hop act. Their sound grew out of Sa-Ra, Men Of Standard, Pete Rock, Boogie Down Productions and Sa-Ra Creative Partners. Those roots explain a lot about how Heavy D arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Heavy D & The Boyz, Naughty By Nature, Foxy Brown, Mase and Fabolous, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into A$AP Ferg, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, B.B. King and The Notorious B.I.G., where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 56 connections around Heavy D, reaching back through Sa-Ra and forward to A$AP Ferg. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Dwight Arrington Myers, known professionally as Heavy D, was a Jamaican-American rapper, record producer, and actor. He was the leader of Heavy D & the Boyz, a group that included dancers/hype men G-Whiz and "Trouble" T. Roy, as well as DJ and producer Eddie F. 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. Myers also released four solo albums and discovered Soul for Real and Monifah.
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Heavy D connections
Heavy D grew out of Sa-Ra, Men Of Standard, Pete Rock and Boogie Down Productions, shares an orbit with Heavy D & The Boyz, Naughty By Nature, Foxy Brown and Mase, went on to shape A$AP Ferg, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson and B.B. King. 56 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Heavy D
Sounds and acts that shaped Heavy D.
- Sa-Raartist
- Men Of Standardartist
- Pete Rockartist
- Boogie Down Productionsartist
- Sa-Ra Creative Partnersartist
- Shafiq Husaynartist
- Busta Rhymesartist
- MC Lyteartist
- James Brownartist
- Lyn Collinsartist
- Grover Washington Jr.artist
- Parliamentartist
- Zappartist
- Big Daddy Kaneartist
- Cymandeartist
- The Metersartist
- Third Worldartist
- The Blackbyrdsartist
Artists similar to Heavy D
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Heavy D.
- Heavy D & The Boyzartist
- Naughty By Natureartist
- Foxy Brownartist
- Maseartist
- Fabolousartist
- Brand Nubianartist
- The Beatnutsartist
- Snoop Doggartist
- Jungle Brothersartist
- Grand Pubaartist
- Method Manartist
- EPMDartist
- Wyclef Jeanartist
- Main Sourceartist
- Talib Kweliartist
- Too $hortartist
- Mobb Deepartist
- Prasartist
- Queen Latifahartist
- Craig Mackartist
- Chubb Rockartist
- Diddy - Dirty Moneyartist
- Boogie Down Productionsartist
- Q-Tipartist
- Shyneartist
- Mad Skillzartist
- Smif-n-Wessunartist
- Jadakissartist
- Will Smithartist
- N.O.R.E.artist
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