Ne–Yo
 From Wikipedia
Shaffer Chimere Smith (born October 18, 1979), better known by his stage name Ne-Yo, is an American pop and R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, actor and occasional rapper. He is an Afro-Asian; he is mixed from his African American father and a mother of African American and Chinese American descent.Since his debut, Ne-Yo has amassed seven top ten songs on the Billboard Hot 100 and two number-one albums on the Billboard 200. Ne-Yo has also amassed a catalogue of chart-topping songs that he has written for other artists.
Songwriting and producing
Aside from working on his own album, Ne-Yo also collaborated with several other artist and has been known to produce hits, such as singer Rihanna's top ten hit "Unfaithful" and later her number-one hit "Take a Bow" in 2008 (for which Ne-Yo also did a recorded his own version of the song with different lyrics in response to Rihanna's lyrics), Mario's "Let Me Love You", Mario Vazquez's "Gallery", Paula DeAnda's "Walk Away (Remember Me)", and Beyoncé's Billboard Hot 100 ten-week number-one hit "Irreplaceable".
He has also written songs for Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Britney Spears, Corbin Bleu, and Enrique Iglesias for their upcoming albums. Smith also has stated that he will write songs for Craig David, Usher, Chris Brown, Jennifer Hudson, Leona Lewis, Ciara on new material for her new album Fantasy Ride. The single "Supernatural" was recently produced, and he worked on additional singles as well. and he recently confirmed that he has been contacted by producer will.i.am to work on Michael Jackson's upcoming album.
More recently Ne-Yo is known to have collaborated with American singer Anastacia and co-written and produced the single "I Can Feel You" from her upcoming album Heavy Rotation. His latest reported venture is with controversial and media loving industrial-metal star Marilyn Manson, after professing in an interview a desire to work with him.
Reckless driving
Ne-Yo was arrested for reckless driving on February 19, 2008 at 3:40 AM, while cruising through Cobb County, Georgia. He was driving at over 100 mph in his 2006 Range Rover and did not have a valid license. It was stated that he was doing about 105 mph, 50 mph over the speed limit. According to the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, the Grammy winner and songwriter was sentenced to 24 hours community service by a judge on Monday, June 2, 2008, after he pleaded guilty to driving without a license and pleaded no contest to the reckless driving charge.
Ne-Yo must also perform for the Boys and Girls Club and attend a defensive driving class. He was fined $1,000.
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