Be Inspired: The Life of Heavy D | movie | 2012 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

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00:00In the 1980s and early 1990s,

00:03Dwight Myers, notably known as Heavy D,

00:06was one of hip-hop's most popular and charismatic figures.

00:16His music made my mother smile,

00:18made my grandmother smile,

00:19like they weren't offended by anything.

00:21Nobody was really checking for overweight lovers.

00:23His music wasn't just beats and rhymes,

00:26it wasn't just hardcore.

00:31The best guy you would ever want to know in your life

00:34was Heavy, for real.

00:35He was the one who brought in melody

00:38and brought in that aspect of R&B

00:40that nobody else had thought to use,

00:43and he did it so well.