Top 14 Quotes & Sayings by Heavy D

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Jamaican musician Heavy D.

Last updated on September 17, 2024.

Dwight Arrington Myers, known professionally as Heavy D, was a Jamaican-born American rapper, record producer, and actor. Myers was the leader of Heavy D & the Boyz, a group which included dancers/hype men G-Whiz, "Trouble" T. Roy, and DJ and producer Eddie F. The group maintained a sizable audience in the United States through most of the 1990s. The five albums the group released were produced by Teddy Riley, Marley Marl, DJ Premier, his cousin Pete Rock, and Eddie F. Myers also released four solo albums and discovered Soul for Real and Monifah.

Jamaican - Musician | May 24, 1967 - November 8, 2011

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His name is Michael Jackson, not Super Michael Jackson. He makes mistakes just like all of us.

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I was in California the first time I heard Michael Jackson wanted to record with me. I was, like, 'Nah, no way, he's too big, it can't be true.' Then I got a call from Michael's people at my hotel telling me he was interested. But I still wasn't believing it - I thought they were setting me up for a TV practical jokes show.

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As an artist, there were different levels in my career that brought me to a realization that I am what you would call a pure artist. And I don't say that with any type of vanity.

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I'm not one of those pop guys. That's for wimps like Vanilla Ice.

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I aim my music at the hip black hip-hop audience.

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Reggae was always a passion of mine. I used to say in interviews that I would love to do a reggae album. But it consumed my life being a hip-hop artist and being Heavy D, which I'm happy and proud of.

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I started young. My first record came out when I was - what? 18? So I was in the studio when I was 15, 16.

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There's something about being any kind of entertainer that is acting. You have to put on a show. Things you wouldn't do in your life, you do on stage. You have to let go. And that's extra hard for rappers. We have a tendency to, quote unquote, keep it real. As an actor, you have to be able to humiliate yourself. Do whatever it takes.

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The hardest thing for an artist to do is to let go. I don't wanna be the dude - if you come to my house, there are no pictures circa '86 in my house.

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This one's for you, and I truly hope you hear me, Through all your travels, I'm wishing you a peaceful journey.

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Don't clock anybody, let them all clock you, Don't be down with anybody, let them all be down with you. Stay self-managed, self-kept, self-taught, Be your own man; don't be borrowed, don't be bought.

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Now 4th street park after dark is dangerous, might get clapped, if you look strange to us

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Be your own guide, follow your own movement.

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I don't understand the difficulty, people; Love your brother, treat him as an equal.

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