In Our Words Ne-Yo — Happy Birthday
🍾Ne-Yo (aka Shaffer Chimere Smith), born October 18, 1979 and hails from Camden, Arkansas, is a R&B singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and dancer. His penning, in 2004, of “Let Me Love You” for Mario catapulted Ne-Yo into R&B celebrity. Since 2004, his success as an R&B artist is settled by the numerous awards he’s received: BET 2007 and 2009 Best Male R&B Artist; Grammy Awards: 2008 – Best Contemporary R&B Album and 2009 – Best Male R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song – Spotlight; MOBO Awards: 2007 – Best Song, Because of You; Soul Train Music Awards: 2007 – Best R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist and 2009 Best Collaboration, Knock You Down; MTV Video Music Awards Japan: 2007 – Best New Artist Video – So Sick and 2008 Best Male Video, Because of You.