{"id":7204,"date":"2011-11-09T22:17:04","date_gmt":"2011-11-09T22:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dropcents.com\/blog\/?p=7204"},"modified":"2011-11-09T22:17:04","modified_gmt":"2011-11-09T22:17:04","slug":"r-i-p-heavy-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dropcents.com\/blog\/r-i-p-heavy-d\/","title":{"rendered":"R.I.P. Heavy D"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Heavy D was an inspiration to many in the hip hop industry. You will always be remembered as an icon!<\/p>\n

\u201cHeavy D, the former leader of the hip-hop group Heavy D and the Boyz, has died at the age of 44. The rapper was rushed to a hospital in Los Angeles earlier this afternoon and was pronounced dead at 1 p.m. PT. Police are investigating his death but there are no signs of foul play.\u201d \u2013 Rolling Stone<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Heavy D was an inspiration to many in the hip hop industry. You will always be remembered as an icon! \u201cHeavy D, the former leader of the hip-hop group Heavy D and the Boyz, has died at the age of 44. The rapper was rushed to a hospital in Los Angeles earlier this afternoon and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":384,"featured_media":7205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,30],"tags":[1576,1578,1577,1575],"class_list":["post-7204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-news","tag-heavy-d","tag-heavy-d-and-the-boyz","tag-how-did-heavy-d-die","tag-rip-heavy-d","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t