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Ne-Yo

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Personal name headingNe-Yo
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Variant(s)Smith, S. (Shaffer)
Smith, Shaffer
Smith, Schaffer
Field of activityMusic Rhythm and blues music
Profession or occupationSingers Composers
Special noteWikipedia article has frequently alternated 1979 and 1982 birth dates. Interview cited below suggests that 1979, corresponding with his "government" [i.e. real] name is the more likely birth date.
Found inMa, R. There's something about Remy [SR] p2005: container (Ne-Yo) insert (S. Smith)
All music guide WWW site, Mar. 17, 2006 (Ne-Yo; b. Shaffer Smith, Camden, AR; R&B songwriter and vocalist)
Wikipedia, Mar. 17, 2006 (Ne-Yo; b. Shaffer Chimere Smith, Oct. 18, 1982, Arkansas; American R&B singer-songwriter)
U.S. copyright file, Mar. 17, 2006 (Smith, Shaffer Chimere, 1979- ; Smith, Schaffer, 1979- ; Smith, Schaefer [sic])
All music guide WWW site, Oct. 4, 2012 (Ne-Yo; b. Shaffer Smith, Oct. 18, 1982, Camden, AR; R&B songwriter, arranger, and vocalist)
Wikipedia, Oct. 4, 2012 (Ne-Yo; b. Shaffer Chimere Smith, Oct. 18, 1979, Camden, Ark.; R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actor)
Internet Movie Database, Oct. 4, 2012 (Ne-Yo; b. Shaffer Chimere Smith, Oct. 18, 1982, Camden, Ark.)
Int. ww in pop. mus., 13th ed. (Ne-Yo; b. Shaffer Chimere Smith, Oct. 18, 1979, Arkansas; American songwriter and singer)
Oxford music online, Oct. 4, 2012: Enc. of popular music, 4th ed. (Ne-Yo; b. Shaffer Chimere Smith, Oct. 18, 1982, Camden, Ark; R&B singer-songwriter)
Gale Biography in Context, Oct. 4, 2012: Contemporary musicians (Ne-Yo; b. Shaffer C. Smith, Oct. 18, 1982, Camden, Ark.; rhythm and blues singer, songwriter; interview with Jet's Melody K. Hoffman: "Ne-Yo is the character I created ... whereas Shaffer C. Smith, my government name ... he's more the songwriter side of me. Ne-Yo is 24 (years old), Shaffer is 27.")