A dancer for the rap group Heavy D & The Boyz died after falling 30 feet during horseplay at an arena, authorities said.
Troy Dixon, 22, whose stage name is Trouble T-Roy, died Sunday evening of of injuries suffered in the fall, said officials at Wishard Hospital.
How did Heavy D dancer die?
Police said Dixon was standing on the third-level ramp at the Market Square Arena late Saturday when another group member, while fooling around, rolled a trash barrel down the ramp toward him. Dixon jumped on a 4-foot retaining wall to avoid the barrel and fell over backward to the ground, police said.
The Mount Vernon, New York-based band went on a ten-city tour and was one of the headliners for Black Expo, which also included Public Enemy, a rap group.
The ensemble, according to Kirkendaul, is in shock, and a show scheduled for Detroit has been canceled.
For their album “Big Tyme,” Heavy D & The Boyz received an NAACP Image Award and a Soul Train Music Award.
