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    Let's Talk Music with Ne-Yo - January 24th, 2018

    • From Talent Show to Rising Talent

    • Becoming a Songwriter

    • Achieving Success in the Music Industry

    • Finding Your Voice

    • The Secret to Writing a Hit Song

    • Exploring Different Genres & Being a Good Man

    • Defining Success

    • Wow Moments

    • Audience Questions - Part 1

    • Audience Questions - Part 2

    • Audience Questions - Part 3

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Ne-Yo -

Shaffer Chimere Smith, better known by his stage name Ne-Yo, is a Grammy Award-winning American R&B singer, producer and actor currently signed to Def Jam Records. In 2006, he released his debut album In My Own Words, which featured the hit single "So Sick." The song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and helped his album debut at #1 on the Billboard 200. He has since released 2007’s Grammy award-winning Because of You and 2008’s Year of the Gentleman, and his fourth LP, Libra Scale, was released on November 22nd, 2010. The initial single was UK #1 Beautiful Monster. Champagne Life and One In A Million followed. He has written songs for a number of artists, including Mary J. Blige, Ruben Studdard, Marques Houston, Faith Evans, Christina Milian, B2K, Nivea, Tyrese, Jamie Foxx , Heather Headley,and Mario . After coming off a bad deal with Columbia Records, Ne-Yo originally decided to remain as a songwriter until a close friend introduced him to L.A. Reid who signed him to Def Jam Records on the spot. In February 2008, at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards, Ne-Yo won Best Contemporary R&B Album for Because Of You.