| Trouble T Roy | |
| Background: | solo_singer |
| Birth Name: | Troy Dixon |
| Birth Date: | October 19, 1967 |
| Death Place: | Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
| Birth Place: | Mount Vernon, New York, U.S.[1] |
| Genre: | Hip hop |
| Occupation: | Dancer |
| Years Active: | 1987–1990 |
| Label: | Uptown Records |
| Associated Acts: | Heavy D & the Boyz |
Troy Dixon (October 19, 1967July 15, 1990),[2] better known as Trouble T Roy, was a hip-hop dancer with the group Heavy D and the Boyz from 1987 until his death in 1990.
On July 14, 1990, while on tour in Indianapolis, Dixon and others were horseplaying after a performance and walking on a raised exit ramp outside Market Square Arena. During the commotion, someone pushed a trash barrel down the ramp. Dixon got on the ledge to avoid the barrel, however he lost his balance and fell from a height of approximately two stories. He was rushed to hospital, but died the next day of injuries he had suffered, at age 22. His death was ruled an accident.
Heavy D and the Boyz dedicated their next album, Peaceful Journey, to his memory in 1991.[3]
Pete Rock & CL Smooth dedicated their song "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)" to him in 1992.[3] Pete Rock discussed the song's genesis in a 2007 interview with The Village Voice:
Dixon had a daughter named Tantania, who was nine months old when he died.