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Daughter Keeps Rapper Heavy D's Memory Alive 14 Years After His Passing
17 Oct, 2025
Summary
- Food Network star Antonia Lofaso reflects on the death of her late partner, rapper Heavy D
- Lofaso's daughter Xea, now a young adult, still keeps her father's presence alive
- Xea uses Heavy D's old furniture and artwork to honor his memory

In October 2025, Food Network star Antonia Lofaso reflects on the passing of her late partner, rapper Heavy D, who died 14 years ago in November 2011 at the age of 44. Lofaso, now 48, shares that she and her daughter Xea, who was born in 2000, think about Heavy D every year on his birthday and during the holidays.