Hip-hop music legend Heavy D passed away today, and his fans are surely mourning the beloved artist’s untimely death. According to TMZ, the rapper collapsed in his Beverly Hills, Calif., home this morning after returning from a shopping trip. He was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and pronounced dead at 1 p.m. Born Dwight Errington…

On June 16, 2011, the late, great Tupac Shakur would have turned 40 years old. It’s a safe bet that middle age wouldn’t have quelled the hip-hop firebrand’s youthful ferocity, but his friends and fans tell The Root that wisdom surely would have channeled Shakur’s passions into more positive endeavors — politics, they say. Or…