Career
On July 15, 1990, at the age of 22, Dixon was killed by an accidental fall. While on tour in Indianapolis, he and others were having fun after a performance and walking on a raised exit ramp outside the arena. According to the television One show Unsung, a guy who was known as a prankster, pushed a trash barrel down the ramp.
lieutenant hit Troy who then fell from a height of approximately two stories, and hit his head
He was rushed to the hospital, where he later died. Heavy Doctorate and the Boyz dedicated their next album, Peaceful Journey, to his memory in 1991.
Pete Rock & CL Smooth dedicated their song "They Reminisce Over You (TROY)" to him in 1992. Pete Rock discussed the song"s genesis in a 2007 interview with The Village Voice:
Guy mentions him in a song called "Long Gone", a 1990 song paying tribute to various artists and friends, on their album The Future.
Vocalist Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest gives him a shout-out at the end of their song "Vibes and Stuff".
Rapper Sinister X mentions Dixon in the SyckSyde song Dead Gangstas, when he raps "They"ll reminisce over you like Pete Rock did T-Roy, talkin bout how you went from B-Boy to Rest in Peace Boy.".
