A private funeral for rap legend Heavy D will be held at a historic black Baptist church in a nothern suburb of New York city.
Grace Baptist Church of Mount Vernon announced Friday that the funeral for Heavy D had been scheduled for Nov. 18.
The New York-born rapper died at a Los Angeles hospital Tuesday after collapsing outside his home. He was 44. Grace Baptist Church's website says its congregation was founded by five black women in 1888.
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MY DEAR BROTHER HEAVY D. I'M TRULY SADDENED BY YOUR SUDDEN PASSING.
ReplyDeleteI HAD THE HONOR OF MEETING HEAVY D A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN WE RECORDED A TRACK TOGETHER ENTITLED,' MODERN GIRL' HEAVY D IS ONE OF THE HUMBLEST PERSON I'VE MET IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS. MY PRAYER IS THAT YOU ARE NOW SEATED AT THE RIGHT SIDE OF JAH THRONE WITH ALL THE OTHER SAINTS. YOU'LL BE SORELY MISSED MY BROTHER.....SLEEP MY BROTHER...YOU'RE NOW IN GOD HANDS...One Love!! Brigadier Jerry
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