Heavy D Dies @ Age 44

Rapper Heavy D, who performed at the BET Hip Hop Awards in Atlanta last month, died in Los Angeles on Tuesday after collapsing and being taken to a hospital. He was 44 years old.
According to TMZ, a 911 call was placed from near the rapper’s Beverly Hills home around 11:25 a.m. to report an unconscious man on a walkway. Heavy D, whose real name is Dwight Arrington Myers, was transported to nearby Cedars-Sinai Medical and pronounced dead in the emergency room a short time later.
Witnesses said he was conscious and talking to paramedics before being taken to the hospital, where he died around 90 minutes later. The Los Angeles County coroner’s office will be handling the investigation into the cause of death.
Authorities said the rapper may have died of complications related to pneumonia, according to The Los Angeles Times. In a post Tuesday, Billboard wrote Heavy D "was influential to the hip-hop world. [He] effortlessly infused reggae -- inspired by his hometown of Jamaica -- with R&B and pop."