The Resume

(May 24, 1967-November 8, 2011)
Born in Jamaica
Raised in Mount Vernon, New York
Real name: Dwight Myers
Leader of Heavy D & the Boyz
Songs include 'We Got Our Own Thang,' 'Somebody For Me,' 'Gyrlz, They Love Me,' 'Now That We Found Love,' 'Is It Good To You,' 'Don't Curse,' 'Who's The Man,' 'Truthful,' 'Nuttin But Love,' 'Big Daddy' and 'Long Distance Girlfriend'
Appeared in the movies 'Life,' 'The Cider House Rules,' 'Big Trouble' and 'Step Up'
Had a recurring role on 'Boston Public' as 'Bob 'Big Boy' Lick
Had the role of 'Bernard' on 'The Tracy Morgan Show'

Why he might be annoying:

During the height of his popularity, he weighed over 250 pounds.
He was a rapper who branched out into acting.
He has a tattoo on his right arm.
He appeared in an ad for Sprite.

Why he might not be annoying:

He didn't use dirty language in his songs.
He was a pretty agile dancer for someone his size.
He performed the theme song for In Living Color and had a guest rap on Michael Jackson's 'Jam.'
Heavy D & the Boyz ranked #45 in VH-1's 50 Greatest Hip Hop Artists (2003).

Credit: whiff boy

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Black Heavyweights
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [May] (Ranked: 5241967)
• Def Comedy Jam [Performers]
• I Died in 2011 (Ranked: 44)
• I Have Deep Vein Thrombosis [DVT]
• I Lost a Lot of Weight
• I Refused to do Howard Stern's WWOR Show
• I Sampled Hall & Oates 'I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)'
• I Sampled James Brown's 'Funky Drummer'
• I Sampled Lyn Collins' 'Think (About It)'
• Look at Me, I'm a Man in Shades
• Look at Me, I'm Signing Autographs
• Look at My Guitar
• Musicians Who Act
• My Music was Lost in the 2008 Universal Studios Fire
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart [1980s] (Ranked: 1989)
• New York Daily News' 100 Coolest New Yorkers [1994] (Ranked: 38)
• Profiles 29001-29250 (Ranked: 29009)
• Soul Train Awards: Hosts (Ranked: 1998)
• Soul Train's Best Rap Album (Ranked: 1990)
• TV Theme Song Singers
• VH-1's 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs (Ranked: 86)
• VH-1's 50 Greatest Hip Hop Artists (Ranked: 45)
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20111108)
• Whiff Boy's Profiles [Series 3]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 17 Votes: 88.24% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 67 Votes: 44.78% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 214 Votes: 64.02% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 14 Votes: 35.71% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 17 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 26 Votes: 65.38% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 23 Votes: 69.57% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 103 Votes: 66.02% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 88 Votes: 62.50% Annoying