I love Heavy! am a huge fan, when i was a little boy, i used to impress my female playmates with the lyrics of ''Somebody For Me'' it was a big deal to me back then that i could rap a few lines of the song. Heavy D was in a zone, other rappers were doing the gangsta thang, but Heavy kept it sentimental, he appealed to the softer side of life, representing the decency of men as regards to how they view and treat women. Aside being ''The Over Weight Lover MC'' Heavy is credited for taking Hip Hop and RnB to another level along with his then label head Andre Harrell, he brought Sean ''P.Diddy'' Combs to limelight when he convinced Andre Harrell to give Piddy his first music business gig when he was an intern with Uptown records, the same label that brought Biggie to fame with the release of his debut single ''Party And Bullshit'' on the ''Who's The Man'' movie soundtrack in 1993. Heavy successfully launched the career of then RnB sensation Soul 4 Real and the rap group the Lost Boyz when he later became the president of Uptown Records, making him the first rapper to head a major record label.
Dwight Meyers AKA Heavy D is a major influence to most rappers that came up in the 90's, as much as he was not a gangsta rapper, his exceptional rapping skills earned him high respect in the Hip Hop community, he was a bad ass lyricist and one of the best rappers the world will ever know. His ''Big Daddy'' style brought a classy swag into Hip Hop, always looking Dapper and 'FLY' in-spite of his immense size. Heavy was charismatic and always had an air of flamboyance around him, P.Diddy's exposure to Heavy helped him in molding the Notorious B.I.G persona, a thug with a touch of extravagance. But Heavy had no rough side and that is bewildering, we all know Hip Hop comes with the roughness of the streets, thug life, drugs, booze and guns, amazingly, he dint even smoke weed, but he was loved by gangstas, he appealed to the ''Mac Daddy'' side of every dude growing up back then, from pimps to straight O.G's. Heavy got mad love from the streets and every other rapper wanted to be associated with him, he collaborated and produced songs for a lot of artists including features with Tupac and Biggie, Back then it was a big deal to have Heavy D on a song or make appearance in a video, what do you expect? he was ''The Man'' back then.
These days, many industry dudes don't know much about WaterBed Hev, but the funny thing is that the rappers they now idolize idolized Heavy. Probably because he took a long hiatus from music to concentrate on his acting career not much was heard from him till he passed away in 2011, but the history of Hip Hop cannot be analysed without mentioning the great love icon of Hip Hop. If you don't already know the man, get familiar, go on YouTube and watch Heavy do his thing or Google the name and find out about the life and times of the man we shall always remember as BIG DADDY!
