Shaffer Chimere Smith (born October 18, 1979), better known by his stage name Ne-Yo, is an American pop and R&B singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, dancer, actor, and occasional rapper. Since his debut, Ne-Yo has had five top ten songs on the Billboard Hot 100 as a lead artist and two number-one albums on the Billboard 200. Ne-Yo has also amassed a catalog of chart-topping songs that he has written for other artists.
Ne-Yo was born in Camden, Arkansas, and baptized as Shaffer Chimere Smith. His father is African American, and his mother is of mixed African American and Chinese descent; both were musicians. As a young child, he was raised by his mother alone after she separated from his father. In hopes of better opportunity, his mother relocated the family to Las Vegas, Nevada. While he was in high school, Smith adopted the stage name "GoGo" and joined an R&B group called Envy.[ The group disbanded in 2000, and Smith continued to write songs for other artists before starting his solo career.
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Ne-Yo was born in Camden, Arkansas, and baptized as Shaffer Chimere Smith. His father is African American, and his mother is of mixed African American and Chinese descent; both were musicians. As a young child, he was raised by his mother alone after she separated from his father. In hopes of better opportunity, his mother relocated the family to Las Vegas, Nevada. While he was in high school, Smith adopted the stage name "GoGo" and joined an R&B group called Envy.[ The group disbanded in 2000, and Smith continued to write songs for other artists before starting his solo career.
ne-yo and girlfriend
ne-yo and singer jamelia
