Heavy D

Back when Janet Jackson was white hot, I attended one of her concerts
at the old Capital Centre. The place was sold out and people were
anticipating a great performance by Miss Jackson.

The lights went down and on screen appears a video. When a big, light
skinned, Black man, dressed in a yellow zoot suit came on screen, the
packed arena went bananas. Heavy D came on the screen for his part in
the "Alright" video.

I think something that represents the feel good and fun type of hip
hop that Heavy D represents can be summed up with this. A Tribe Called
Quest was on a rap with Heavy D. Either Phife or Q-Tip had a line that
said his mother was excited that they would be on a rap with Heavy D
because she liked Heavy D.

RIP.