Ne-Yo is tagged as: rnb, soul, hip-hop, ne-yo, pop
Shaffer Chimere Smith (born October 18, 1982 in Camden Arkansas) better known by his stage name Ne-Yo is a Grammy Award-winning American R & B singer-producer and actor currently signed to Def Jam Records in 2006, he released his debut album, In My own words, which included the hit single "So Sick" song reached # 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and helped his album debut at # 1 on the Billboard 200, he has since released the 2007 Grammy Award-winning Because of You and 2008's Year Of The Gentleman by both experienced commercial and critical success
Ne-Yo was a song writer before he became an artist, he has written songs for several artists including Mary J Blige Ruben Studdard Marques Houston Faith Evans Christina Milian B2K Nivea Tyrese Jamie Foxx and hanAther Headley Eftyou to have come from a bad deal with Columbia Records Ne-Yo originally decided to remain as a songwriter until a close friend introduced him to LA Reid, who signed him to Def Jam Records on site
Origin of the name Ne-Yo was given by a mutual friend who called him Neo that he could "see" music like the character Neo from the Matrix trilogy, he changed "yo" part as a tribute to their roots, hip hop
