R&B heart throb Mario found fame at age 15 when his first album made little girls everywhere into crazy screaming fans. His success continued with the Neyo penned song ‘Let Me Love You’ which transformed him into a global superstar.

Even with all the success Mario was experiencing he had a secret to deal with. His mother Shawn had been a heroin addict his whole life. This year Mario decided to finally get his mother the help she needed to be free of her addiction. He let MTV document the journey in ‘I Won’t Love You to Death: The Story of Mario and His Mom.’

Mario wrote a song about his mother and singer, songwriter, producer Akon produced the emotional track ‘Do Right’. Mario describes the song as a more personal song based in part on his childhood growing up in Baltimore. “I kind of went in and told Akon about a lot of the personal things I experienced,” the singer said. “I didn’t want to do a club record or like a fun record. I wanted to do a more serious record that would cater to some of the people who may have experienced what I have.”

You can hear the Akon produced song here or watch the documentary on Mario and his Mom here.