Jesse Is Heavyweight Founder And CEO of Heavyweight Unlimited
Founder. Magnate. Super Hero.
These are only a few words you can use to describe the power broking professional performance and recording artist.
Jesse Is Heavyweight has been interviewed by globally recognized Don Diva and Complex, featured in The Source as well as has premiered on numerous music sites including west coast staple HIP HOP DX discussing his influential status as well as his various lucrative tailor made business models. Jesse Is Heavyweight is known internationally as a hip hop magnate.
Jesse Is Heavyweight has the Midas touch and is an imagineer and star maker who launches successful businesses while sustaining his own revered music artist brand.
Heavyweight Unlimited is Jesse Is Heavyweight’s dynamic machine initially imagined as an indie music label and party promotion company. Jesse Is Heavyweight single handedly grew what began as Heavyweight Entertainment into internationally respected Heavyweight Enterprises and finally multimedia conglomerate Heavyweight Unlimited.
It all started in the South Oak Cliff section of Dallas, Texas, a small hood most known for being one of the most dangerous ghettoes in the nation. Jesse taught himself how to read and became enamored with learning and building elaborate designs. His older brother Scoota, a respected local figure and military soldier, grandfathered a young Jesse Heavyweight into hip hop from day one. Jesse was recruited to an indie outfit at the age of 12 years old, the label went defunct once one of the 21 year old owners went to prison. Jesse launched a local hip hop set known around Dallas as The Drama Boys also known as L.O.B. Impromptu freestyle performances gave Jesse a local buzz and he led the crew to countless underground rap shows all over the city. At only 13 Jesse was among the Texas circuit sharing recognition with artists like Lil Twist, Yungstar, Mr. Pookie, Big Tite, Twisted Black, DSR, Swisha House, etc. Jesse went to one of the best public high schools in the nation, a magnet school that bussed in smart neighborhood kids to downtown Dallas, then landed an academic scholarship to attend historic and star studded Howard University.
Jesse hones his craft in cyphers and concerts all around Dallas Texas.
Jesse Is Heavyweight launched his own imprint Heavyweight Entertainment in Charles Drew Hall as a freshman at the iconic Howard U. Jesse teamed up with Howard U students, prolific producer Miguel and business major M. Klean to aide him in his takeover. Jesse’s company released successful music projects for various artists, threw historic parties and Jesse performed all across the nation. Not only did Heavyweight make a name for Jesse but it also catapulted him as a respected businessman and real force in the independent game.
Jesse Heavy weight launches his first multi-million dollar company out of a dorm room.
Jesse Is Heavyweight released original mixtapes to feed the streets. He flooded the hoods of America with over 2 dozen releases, selling them to shops and “out of the trunk” as well as flooding mixtape sites. Once Jesse began to generate consistent income he became a touring act. Legendary Juice Crew member Biz Markie DJ’d a big concert for Jesse Is Heavyweight which made Jesse an honorary Juice Crew member and Biz’s tour manager helped keep Jesse on the road. Jesse has performed at some of the best venues in the world. Jesse became a commodity and was offered a record deal from former president of A&R at Def Jam Shakir Stewart but opted for one of the first digital distribution label deals allowing Jesse to maintain full ownership of his masters with Sony RED. After innovating the business in countless ways Jesse Heavyweight decided to relocate to Hollywood, California in order to expand his artist brand and Heavyweight Enterprises was birthed.
Jesse is a southern staple.
Jesse Is Heavyweight Starts Giving Back.
As an established underground staple Jesse Is Heavyweight began DaChickenShack non profit group. Jesse ran Christmas toy drives under the Heavyweight Community Association until he moved from Houston to Los Angeles. Jesse decided that a toy drive although good intentioned sent the wrong message about what should be valued and he ultimately reimagined the HCA to the DCS, ending his turkey and toy drives indefinitely. Jesse launched a scholarship program to coincide with DCS. Jesse is the coChairman of a prestigious scholarship fund, the Esco – Fortune Scholarship Fund, in honor of two Howard University classmates and entrepreneurs, supermodel and actor JuBar “Esco” Croswell and famed tattooist Andrew Fortune. The Esco – Fortune Scholarship Fund helps send at least one black male student from the urban community to a university of their choice. In addition, he is coFounder of the Healthy Ecology & Economy for Mankind organization and has championed the Beautify The Globe Initiative by cleaning one street at a time, presently the group has cleaned over 7,240 streets in the US.
Jesse Is Heavyweight Becomes a Mogul.
With over 50 endeavors ranging from business, news media, and giving back here and abroad, countless community awards and thousands of lives saved whatever Jesse Is Heavyweight is planning next will help save the world. Jesse decided to make Heavyweight a conglomerate after a business trip to the streets of Chicago with one of the prestigious Blackmon’s visiting Street Certified boss M. Rex aka Paulie. This trip was monumental because this is when Jesse began buying entire businesses and placing them under the Heavyweight umbrella. Any company that Heavyweight utilized multiple times in a year Jesse Is Heavyweight decided to buy part or whole companies creating a powerful conglomerate. This is the moment he realized Live Genius. From graphics to film and even marketing and applied sciences Jesse has his hands in every major industry. Jesse’s private business portfolio is worth more than Heavyweight Unlimited. As an executive, program designer and engineer, author, and revered artist and altruist Jesse Is Heavyweight is rumored to be a real life Super Hero.
Jesse Is Heavyweight Controls Hip Hop Culture.
After being born and raised below the poverty line in the South Oak Cliff section of Dallas, Texas and dedicating his life to hip hop; Jesse turned a corner. After climbing to the top of the underground with sheer grace and turning his company into a highly valuable asset despite every obstacle in his path Jesse’s grandmother passed away. This passing left Jesse a significant land inheritance that he never knew he was entitled. This made the young self made mogul an instant land baron. Fortune would have it that Jesse Is Heavyweight is from two wealthy American families. Based on family issues he was raised in the gutters and had no knowledge of his own family heritage. He found his way out through the power of hip hop. His initial success led to more success and he launched Jupiter, a ferocious investment group. He owns acres of land, stocks and other highly valuable assets. After learning about his bloodline as an adult through a genealogy test it turns out Jesse is and has always been American Royalty. As a result all his projects hit harder. Every release from him as an artist is heavier. Jesse Is Heavyweight is a hip hop baby dedicated to maintaining the integrity of the culture. Jesse understands that the culture of hip hop and the business of hip hop entertainment are two separate things. He has significant control of the culture bending it at will. Whatever Jesse says goes. Unlike other artists Jesse releases music when and how he sees fit and his bottom line is the influence he welds. His revenue models are just as creative as the release it self often times opting for sponsorship and events, QR codes, or even unique fan giveaways to bridge the gap between business and culture.
Jesse Is Heavyweight Graduates.
Unlike traditional recording artists, Jesse Is Heavyweight does not have to release music on a strict schedule. Jesse
has given himself the room to make every offering meaningful and Jesse never has to chase a “hit song” or “going viral”. He treasures his underground hip hop aesthetic.
Jesse lives outside the “pick of the week” space. Gaining southern hip hop legend status so young, Jesse cares more about the right messaging at the right time over fly by night headlines or “empty” offerings. He is constantly cooking raw concentrated hip hop culture as he sees fit.
When Jesse Is Heavyweight isn’t promoting the power of reading with his Book Club or designing high fashion clothing and sneakers internationally, he’s designing innovative programs.
Jesse Is Heavyweight spends his days at the science lab testing and tweaking new inventions. As a result of valuing education Jesse Is Heavyweight is an alumnus of Howard University, UCLA, Rice University as well as MIT in the greater Boston area.
A competitor of Marc Raibert, former CEO of Boston Dynamics, Jesse Is Heavyweight is at the forefront of every advancement which plays a large role in his own innovative business portfolio.
Jesse Is Heavyweight is an affiliate of Alzheimers Awareness, The Children’s Defense Fund, Nicholas’ House, The Make A Wish Foundation and the Habitat for Humanity to name a few.
Jesse sits on the board of directors of a political action committee and an exploration collective.
