NeYo

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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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  5. Naomi Campbell
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  9. Terrence Howard
  10. Marcy Harriell
  11. Troy Beyer
  12. Kreesha Turner

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13 Responses to “NeYo”

  1. Comment by Bri
    January 26th, 2009

    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
    January 27th, 2009

    is your grandpa Chinese?

  3. Comment by MALINA
    January 28th, 2009

    I LOVE NEYOOO

  4. Comment by Clari
    January 30th, 2009

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

  5. Comment by ethnic
    January 31st, 2009

    profile edited. ta

  6. Comment by Disgusted....
    March 22nd, 2009

    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!

  7. Comment by cory
    April 19th, 2009

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

  8. Comment by ellen
    June 9th, 2009

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

  9. Comment by ashlee
    June 28th, 2009

    my baby needs to grow : (

  10. Comment by ashlee
    June 28th, 2009

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

  11. Comment by ethnic
    June 28th, 2009

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

  12. Comment by HayleyBaby
    July 1st, 2009

    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.

  13. Comment by ethnic
    July 1st, 2009

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

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