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"Heavy D&amp;apos;s sudden death yesterday at the age of 44 prompted many of the rapper&amp;apos;s famous friends and fans to express their grief on Twitter. Here&amp;apos;s a few of the best tributes from the past 24 hours. \r\nLL Cool J: May GOD embrace the soul of Heavy D and Bless his family. I respected you Heavy and I always will.\r\nLenny Kravitz: I am so saddened by the passing of Heavy D. My condolences go out to his family. Rest in peace my friend. Guns and Roses. Lenny\r\n\r\nTalib Kweli: When Jay Z shouted out Heavy D at MSG last night I almost broke down real talk. Hev is a special brother. When I was in JHS the girl I liked made up a dance to Overweight Lover. That&amp;apos;s how I first got into Heavy D and the Boyz. Heavy D was always a spectacular MC but the album he made after Trouble T Roy passed was stellar. Blue Funk. We love you Hev. Without Heavy D ain&amp;apos;t no Diddy. Ain&amp;apos;t no Biggie. Ain&amp;apos;t no Pete Rock &amp;amp; CL Smooth. Recognize. RIP. Later in life I became friends with Hev. He has been sending me new music for years. Incredible music. We love you Hev. RIP\r\n?uestlove: Please someone tell me this Heavy D jawn is a joke. PLEASE. Damn man. This is a wake up call like a mofo. Heavy D was a good friend &amp;amp; he&amp;apos;ll be missed. Night I met him is funniest story ever.\r\nDiddy: Heavy D is the person who gave me my 1st chance in the music industry. He got me my internship at Uptown. He Believed when no one else did.\r\nWill.I.Am: #heavyD inspired me to be me...&amp;quot;We got our own thang&amp;quot;...thank heavy\r\nTimbaland: the passing of heavy d really got me messed up. yall pls pray for his daughter &amp;amp; family.\r\nWaka Flocka Flame: #sendingmyblessings #heavyD\r\nNicki Minaj: We&amp;apos;ll never forget you babe! #hiphopelite #RIPHeavyD\r\nErykah Badu: Rest in beats Heav.\r\nMC Hammer: We had a lot of great times touring together. He had a Heart of Gold. He was a part of what&amp;apos;s good about the world.\r\nDJ Premier: Still tripp off Heavy D...we had started the &amp;quot;Blue Funk 2 LP&amp;quot; and were on the phone while he put his B.E.T. Show 2gether at my studio\r\nIndia.Arie: Heart hurting. #HeavyD ... I loved that Man. He was SO kind, Insightful and wise.. I will miss him.\r\nRelated&amp;#x2022; Heavy D Dead at 44"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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