“Throughout the early 2000s, R&B singer-songwriter Shaffer Chimere Smith, AKA Ne-Yo, dominated mainstream radio. Pairing confessional lyricism with a slick falsetto and earworming hooks, he spawned hits such as 2006’s So Sick, 2007’s Because of You, and the Rihanna feature Hate That I Love You in 2008. Smith’s first three albums reached the top two spots in the US charts, and then he largely disapp”
