{"id":43116,"date":"2011-11-13T21:08:28","date_gmt":"2011-11-13T20:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=43116"},"modified":"2011-11-13T21:08:28","modified_gmt":"2011-11-13T20:08:28","slug":"why-heavy-d-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/why-heavy-d-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Heavy D Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"43117\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/why-heavy-d-matters\/no-title\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/heavy_d.jpg?fit=540%2C348&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"540,348\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Sante D\\u00e2\\u0080\\u00a1orazio&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;-\\n\\n-0599315 (BC-BPI-RHYTHMBLUES) HEAVY DUTY: Look for Heavy D to sign a production deal with Bad Boy Records. As VP of A\\u0026R at Uptown Records in the early \\u00e2\\u0080\\u00a190s, he worked with a young upstart known as Sean \\&quot;Puffy\\&quot; Combs. Now, Combs, head of Bad Boy, looks ready to reunite with his colleague. \\&quot;I just don\\u00e2\\u0080\\u00a1t want the responsibility of running a label,\\&quot; says Heavy D, who had risen to the role of president at Uptown. After the ink has dried on the deal, Heavy D says, he expects to sign \\&quot;a few artists, and will kick off early in the millennium.\\&quot; HEAVY D. BPI DIGITAL PHOTO &#039;UPTOWN\/UNIVERSAL RECORDS CR: SANTE D\\u00e2\\u0080\\u00a1ORAZIO&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;No Title&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"heavy d\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8211;&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;-0599315 (BC-BPI-RHYTHMBLUES) HEAVY DUTY: Look for Heavy D to sign a production deal with Bad Boy Records. As VP of A&amp;#038;R at Uptown Records in the early \u00e2\u0080\u00a190s, he worked with a young upstart known as Sean &amp;#8220;Puffy&amp;#8221; Combs. Now, Combs, head of Bad Boy, looks ready to reunite with his colleague. &amp;#8220;I just don\u00e2\u0080\u00a1t want the responsibility of running a label,&amp;#8221; says Heavy D, who had risen to the role of president at Uptown. After the ink has dried on the deal, Heavy D says, he expects to sign &amp;#8220;a few artists, and will kick off early in the millennium.&amp;#8221; HEAVY D. BPI DIGITAL PHOTO &amp;#8216;UPTOWN\/UNIVERSAL RECORDS CR: SANTE D\u00e2\u0080\u00a1ORAZIO&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/heavy_d.jpg?fit=540%2C348&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43117\" title=\"heavy d\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/heavy_d.jpg?fit=640%2C348&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Though many remember him as \u201cthe overweight lover,\u201d Heavy D was much more than one of hip-hop\u2019s first pop stars. He made some of his most important moves behind-the-scenes. And even after his untimely death, Hev&#8217;s lasting influence on the game remains undeniable.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Good read. Go <a href=\"http:\/\/www.complex.com\/music\/2011\/11\/why-heavy-d-matters\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to check out the article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though many remember him as \u201cthe overweight lover,\u201d Heavy D was much more than one&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-bdq","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43116\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}