Trey Songz
Songz in 2013, DFree/BigStock.com
Birth Name: Tremaine Aldon Neverson
Place of Birth: Petersburg, Virginia, U.S.
Date of Birth: November 28, 1984
Ethnicity: African-American
Trey Songz is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, actor, and record producer. He is known for his songs “Can’t Help but Wait,” “Say Aah,” “Bottoms Up,” and “Heart Attack.” His roles include the films Preacher’s Kid, Texas Chainsaw 3D, Baggage Claim, and Blood Brother. He is also known as Trigga Trey, Mr. Steal Yo Girl, and Prince of Virginia.
Trey is the son of April (Gholson) and Claude Neverson, Jr. His parents are both African-American. He was raised as a military brat, with his mother and stepfather. Trey has a son with Caro Colon.
Various web sites state that Trey has a grandfather who was from Cameroon. This is not accurate.
Trey’s paternal grandfather is Claude McArthur Neverson (the son of Edward Calvin Neverson and Lucy Estelle/Estell Lundy). Claude was born in Virginia. Edward was the son of James David Neverson and Daisy Epps.
Trey’s paternal grandmother is Ann Elizabeth Gregory (the daughter of Paul Benjamin Gregory and Pinkie Harrison). Ann was born in Virginia. Paul was the son of Peter Gregory and Rosa Wyche. Pinkie was the daughter of Pleasant Harrison and Bessie Thweatt.
Trey’s maternal grandfather is Cornelius Gholson (the son of Thomas Gholson and Gertrude Geraldine Tucker). Cornelius was born in Virginia. Thomas was the son of Thomas Gholson and Ollie/Olive Bridgeforth. Gertrude was the daughter of Clarence Tucker and Vinie Gilliam.
Trey’s maternal grandmother is Rose Anna Jones (the daughter of Charlie/Charles William Henry Jones and Luella Starrling/Starling). Rose was born in Virginia. Charles was the son of Columbus Jones and India Parker. Luella was the daughter of Jim Starling and Emma Simon.
Sources: Genealogy of Trey Songz (focusing on his father’s side) – http://www.geni.com
Marriage record of Trey’s paternal grandparents, Claude McArthur Neverson and Ann Elizabeth Gregory – https://www.familysearch.org
Trey’s paternal great-grandfather, Edward Calvin Neverson, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of Trey’s paternal great-grandparents, Paul Benjamin Gregory and Pinkie Harrison – https://www.familysearch.org
Trey’s paternal great-grandfather, Paul Benjamin Gregory, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Troy’s paternal great-grandfather, Paul Benjamin Gregory – http://www.legacy.com
Marriage record of Trey’s maternal grandparents, Cornelius Gholson and Rose Anna Jones – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Trey’s maternal great-grandparents, Thomas Gholson and Gertrude Geraldine Tucker – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Trey’s maternal great-grandparents, Charlie/Charles William Henry Jones and Luella Starrling/Starling – https://www.familysearch.org
Him and Chris Brown are the most hottest black men for me.
He is African alright, but a bit more “ethnic” or “exotic” than the typical West African American. He kinda looks like he has North African blood – Berber, Egyptian or Mauritanian (to the northwest)…
He doesn’t strike me as a full on Subsaharan African, like Akon and Eddie Murphy (who are both cute, mind you).
Or maybe just simply, he has European ancestry…
He looks Ethiopian.
Trey Songz is BLACK
NOT and when I find a source you are going to get salty asf.
Hello follers, how have you been?I can see you’ve been busy
Don”t know how the comment jumped up here
“Correction’
He tweeted this along time ago – “I just want to tell my fans that I’m not full Black, I’m mixed. My mother is bi-racial and my dad is a quarter White. I’ve kept my ancestry to myself because I didn’t want it to impact my career and I was unprideful of it. I hope you, my fans can forgive me.”
could you link this tweet? and what type of white? italian? irish? english?
I just Googled that ‘not fully African-American’ quote and couldn’t find any reliable sources or anything from his Twitter to substantiate it too.
Your just going to have to put Bi-racial(white and black) for his mom and African American+25% white for his dad. I really don’t know how you re going to put that without emphasis on the type of ancestry he has lol
I can put the URL of the fb fan site if you want. -https://m.facebook.com/649324715131203/photos/a.649354415128233.1073741827.649324715131203/847466058650400/?type=1&source=46&ref=bookmark
Yeah, I also found on a question on answers.com (I don’t know if it’s reliable site) about his ethnicity. Someone said he’s Dominican, Puerto Rican, Native American & African American
Invalid. Trey never said anything about Puerto Rican, Dominican or Native American in the tweet. He only mentioned white blood but never went on to explain what type of white ancestry. I was trying to find out why he deleted the tweet and I think people were starting to argue over his race/ethnicity so he was forced to delete the quote.
He tweeted a very long time ago and there’s no possible way to find the URL of the tweet unless you sit down for hours or even days looking through his twitter page. I got the quote again by fan pages/communities on Facebook and Google after I lost it just recently. It seems to be going viral a little bit. And the quote didn’t give any analysis on the type of white ancestry. I’ll be glad if he takes a DNA test though.
I just searched his Twitter using the search feature and didn’t find the tweet.
https://twitter.com/search?f=realtime&q=%40TreySongz%20im%20not%20full%20black&src=typd
Seems to be a false quote.
Hmmmm
But I remember reading it on my page like a couple years ago probably. I liked his page because I’m a fan of him….if he deleted the quote I’mma feel so mad at him lol.
I’m mad and confused of why Trey deleted the quote….
There are very few full blood black celebs walking around the u.s.a,,their mixture hasn’t hurt their careers .So what if his mom is bi-racial, no big deal.If he actually wrote that, he must not think much of his fans
I don’t think he’s considered a Black celeb when none of his parents are Black. His mom is bi-racial and his dad is a quarter white.
He’s considered multi-racial…
Thats still considered “black” in the majority of the world. if you do not think it is , get real.
Unless you are referring his father. But not even him is “socially” full Black.
Well who is black in the u.s then, I mean what’s the cut off point?Blair underwood is 26% euro, is he no longer black either?The Avg black American is said to be between 12.5 to 20% euro, which makes them mixed-bloods, so are there no longer any black people in the u.s.?
Well let’s see. Trey Songz’s mother is 50% Black and 50% White. His father is 25% White and 75% Black. If you do the math Trey is estimated to be 60% Black and 40% White, way more than the average African-American.
Your adding is off.trey would get 12.5% from his father, and 25% from moms.however are you saying your cut off is 20%? Also again, is Blair underwood black to you?
Yeah, he’s a typical African-American.
Well you did side step my other question.I find it interesting that you consider Blair a typical black, but trey father who is less white, you don’t(i’m going by what you stated trey father to be).if I was to see Blair or trey walking down the street, and not knowing who they were.I could truly say all I would see is two black men
@KerryWhite, your reasoning is really off. Trey is BLACK
Not really…he has enormous percentage eof white generics
Songz clearly didn’t say this quote. For the record, all of his paternal great-grandparents were black, at the least.
Yes he did, because I remember reading it on my page a while back.
@KerryWhite, its sooo popular to be non-black and mixed these days, I dont actually believe he said that,
I saw Trey’s Mom, she definitely did no tlook half white. People need to stop, especially black people with this mixed stuff. Its really damaging to African Americans. You can google a pic of Trey Songgz mom, she does not look half white at all. Of course no one on this site is made to be black.
http://www.bet.com/news/fashion-and-beauty/photos/2012/05/mother-s-day.html#!050211-celebs-mothers-trey-songz-mom
It’s not about looking half white lol. The woman is still genetically half white and Trey openly admitted it and people dragged him on twiiter causing him to delete the quote. I need to find a source like NOW!
I’m just reading your comments & laughing my ass off. It’s like you really don’t want this man to be black,
The same girl that was up under a YouTube comment just going on about the same bullshit. Trey Songz identifies himself as black, not saying he’s not the shit you said.. But that’s what he identifies himself as.
OMG you are so right. I was reading the comments beneath the Nick Jonas video. And she got into a discussion about how Neyo and Trey songz aren’t black. Is she freaking kidding me?!
He’s not considered multiracial,
Look Kerry White is trying SOO hard to not make him black. Deal with it. He is black! The whole world considers him black. Heck He considers himself black. What is so wrong with him being black. So just chill.
It seems like people on this site have a problem with celebs being black. So racist
I am in tears,
So saying he’s multi-racial means I’m saying he’s not Black. That’s news to me.