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Heavy D & the Boyz were the first group signed to Uptown Records, with Heavy D (Dwight Myers) as the frontman and only rapper, and Eddie F was his business partner in the group, DJ, and one of the producers. The other two members, T-Roy and G-Wiz were the dancers. Their debut, Living Large, was released in 1987.
While still an artist at Uptown Records, Myers was instrumental in convincing Andre Harrell to originally hire Sean “Diddy” Combs for his first music business gig as an intern. Then also to his credit, in the mid-1990s, Myers became the first rapper to head a major music label, when he became the president of Uptown Records. During this time, Myers also developed the R&B boy band Soul for Real, and was the executive producer and principal writer of several songs on the group’s breakout album, Candy Rain.
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