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Birth Name:

Shaffer Chimere Smith

Birth Place:

Camden, Arkansas, United States

Date of Birth:

October 18, 1982

Ethnicity:

African-American and Chinese

The R&B singer, Shaffer Chimere Smith AKA Ne Yo, is of African-American and Chinese ethnicity. His Grandfather was Chinese on his mother’s side. His father is African American. He regards himself as ”Black and Chinese” and stated this on an interview.

Source:

http://artists.letssingit.com/ne-yo-wvp3c/biography

http://concreteloop.com/interviews-neyo


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49 Responses to “NeYo”

  1. Comment by Bri

    i would have neva EvR guessed Dat. No Onez just “Black” anymore.Im creole/black nd my grandpa lives in China.why…[no clue]

  2. Comment by ethnic

    is your grandpa Chinese?

  3. Comment by MALINA

    I LOVE NEYOOO

  4. Comment by Clari

    Actually he is just African, and Chinese google it and wikipedia.org also….

  5. Comment by Disgusted....

    Neyo….Chinese? Some black people kill me with this B.S…

    …Just embrace being who you are without having to lie about your heritage….this is disgusting and this site really needs to get their fact correct….double and triple check…

    ….a Google/Wiki search is not credible…thank you!

  6. Comment by cory

    u can tell his eyes are chinky i knew he had asian in him

  7. Comment by ellen

    i dont understand why no1 can be just african american. he just black he looks black everyhthing about himis black. liars

  8. Comment by ashlee

    my baby needs to grow : (

  9. Comment by ashlee

    He’s African-American, Puerto Rican, and Chinese

  10. Comment by ethnic

    Ashlee, In interviews he doesnt say that he has puerto rican descent. btw He is 5′8 tall. thats not too short.

  11. Comment by HayleyBaby

    I never knew his name was that. I though his actual 1st name was NeYo lol. Wow I NEVER knew he was chinese. YEa I agree with ethnic I’ve looked in all of his interview and I’ve looked up his ethnicity in a lot of websites and they just says he’s african american and chinese…not puerto rican.

  12. Comment by ethnic

    Hayleybaby, I was surprised too but i think he does have Chinese eyes.

  13. Comment by mindy

    check it out folks,neyo is african american and Chinese only.

  14. Comment by ethnic

    I agree Mindy, that what he says.

  15. Comment by kevin

    African American

  16. Comment by D2009

    I always thought Ne-yo looked Chinese or Asian by his eyes.. He said in a interview that he is Chinese & Black. He didn’t say he was also Puerto Rican. That’s misleading.. But i can tell he is got Chinese in him. Most everyone nowadays are mixed with something.

  17. Comment by Cuban, chinese, african american woman.

    Ellin.. idiot. If some1 is strictly african american than that’s what they are… y is it that if some1 looks “black” they are ONLY black????????? His grand father is chinese! Its in his blood. If your great grand father was irish and your grandmother is hawaiian…and your fathers parents are just of african decent u are not just black. U are of irish hawaiian and african decent! Every1 is mixed these days…. watch what u say bc some pple spend a lot of time respecting all the culture they are made up of (like myself)

  18. Comment by Chloe

    smh. By the way…just because you have “chinky” eyes does not mean you have Asian heritage.

    My grandfather on my mothers side was half Irish, & my grandfather also on my mothers side was Native American…I dont consider myself Black, Irish & Native American. but…hey, everyone’s different

  19. Comment by ethnic

    Thats true about the eyes Chloe. there are some African tribe that have eyes similar to Asian people. eg. the Khoisan people.

  20. Comment by unknown

    He looks straight up black to me.

  21. Comment by Anonymous

    Neyo is who he say he is. You people need to start respecting people’s choices. He is a grown man that pay his own bills. If he wants to embrace his Chinese heritage that is his business. Get a life and a clue. Yes, there are also African tribes with slanted eyes, but that just shows the beauty and diversity of humankind.

  22. Comment by some guy

    Being who you are ethniclly isn’t a choice, its all depends on what ethnic background your parents are.

  23. Comment by haitibaby

    creol??? he’s fukin haitian. look at the big haitian nose n tell me this guy isnt haitian. maybe he is part chinese. but damn it he’s part haitian too. stop the bullshit neyo.

  24. Comment by t-dolla

    you are the love of my life.

  25. Comment by michelle

    nobody wanna be black. he is black & nobody sees him as anything else. no one would ever know by looking at him

  26. Comment by lady quest

    alot of african americans are mixed with different races…My great grandmother on my father side was irish and my great grandfather was half cherokee indian and black..my great grandmodther on my mother side was french and black and great grandfather black foot indian and a quarter black…when u look at me us see black…I embrace my other races but in reality i’m black..I don’t theink there is anything wrong with him embracing being chinese…if that’s a part of his culture…

  27. Comment by KAte

    who dont wanna be black? am caucasian/mexican and I want black blood, black dance moves, black energy, black sense of humour and laxity,…I looooooooove black.

  28. Comment by ethnic

    lady quest a fair comment. thanks

    Kate, A great musician once said “trying to be someone else is a waste of just being yourself”.

    Ethnic
    admin

  29. Comment by lis

    i can see he got slated eyes chinese or native american ancestry. i believe it

  30. Comment by audrey

    i know ne-yo is chinese, just look at his eyes…it’s obvious.

  31. Comment by .

    omg those eyes!

  32. Comment by whatchugottasay

    jusst becuase people look black doesnt not always mean that stop always assuming thingss u guys are retarded

  33. Comment by 88

    I have one question, why is it that you people can “easily assume” that people like ashanti, aaliyah, nia long, keri hilson, ciara, will smith, jada pinkett etc.( From the comments that I have read so far) are “MIXED, THEY JUST HAVE TO BE” although they haven’t made any comments about being mixed. Yet it is hard for people to believe that lil kim, fabolous, neyo etc.could possibly be mixed? IS IT BECAUSE YOU BASE IT ON LOOKS?

  34. Comment by Anonymous

    Where did u get d name chimere cos its a nigerian name 4 d eastern part of nigeria..

  35. Comment by ethnic

    thats a good question.

  36. Comment by African

    His name Chimere means made by God

  37. Comment by ethnic

    In a Nigerian language? If so which one?

  38. Comment by Anonymous

    Ok just because u look black does not mean u r full black. I knew a girl who was black n japanese. She was darker than any african and had long straight hair. U cant just go off looks to judge if someone is mix

  39. Comment by TL

    SORRY BUT HE LOOKS ALL BLACK TO ME!!!!!

  40. Comment by benny

    well i think his family background may have sth 2 do wit the eastern part of nigeria.But whaever the case is, i still love ne-yo 4 who he is,whether african,american or even chinese.

  41. Comment by Anonyme

    Haitibaby, no one, including ne-yo says he’s haitienne, there is no such thing as a haitienne nose! just cause he has a big nose doesn’t mean he’s haitienne. And haitienne isn’t an ethnic group, they are just africans brought in from the slave trade mostly from Benin Republic descent. Ne-yo ’s second name is Chimere, his father was an african american of Igbo Nigerian descent. So they honoured there Igbo side by giving him an Igbo name. Look it up. You should all stop claiming him for countries he has never even thought of belonging to, and get straight up facts.

  42. Comment by Lauren

    If he is mixed with chinese it’s too far back to count

  43. Comment by malaka

    that is so damn stupid he cant call himself black and chinese he is black. why do blacks do that. just cuz they have an 8th or 16th or a quarter of something else they are now mixed. im 1/4 german does that make me black and german or german. no it doesnt im just black. black people need to stop.

  44. Comment by malaka

    oh an look at his mom she does not look mixed at all. and she supposedly is the half chinese one. bullshit.

  45. Comment by nathalie

    some of yall gotta stop deciding FOR Neyo what you think he looks like. it’s your opinion but his blood doesn’t lie. even he said in an interview he considers himself black and chinese. for whatever part of himself he chooses to express himself as either ethnicity it’s all up to him. don’t be thinking just cause he isn’t walking around speaking chinese that some part of him isn’t chinese.

  46. Comment by Anonymous

    umm, ive seen a pix of his mom and in no way does she look chinese… her eyes aren’t even chinky like his………really……? she just look like a beautiful african american woman…. i could b wrong, her black genes could be stronger but hey….. google a pix of them together…..

  47. Comment by Lauren

    i dnt think he has any chinese i think he is lying

  48. Comment by Stacy

    Both of his parents are African-American why couldn’t he just leave it at that? Not he had to pull out his old dusty grandpa and say I’m part Chinese.
    Jeez just be proud to be Black. You look it!

  49. Comment by kira

    @Stacy lol:) good comment

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