Introduction to Ne-Yo

Shaffer Chimere Smith was born on October 18, 1979 in Camden, Arkansas. The people generally known by his stage name Ne-Yo, An American R&B singer, producer and artist presently signed to Def Jam Records. In 2006 he launched his debut album In My Own Words and the winner of Grammy award in 2007. His fourth LP, Libra Scale, was launched on November 22nd, 2010. The first single was UK #1 Beautiful Monster. Champagne Life and One In A Million followed.

Ne-Yo was a beautiful song writer before he became a recording artist. The cause of the name Ne-Yo was given by a mutual friend in 1999 who called him Neo because he could ‘see’ music akin to the character Neo from The Matrix trilogy. He changed the ‘-yo’ part as an homage to his hip hop roots.