DeVaughn's first Jive Records release The Love Experience, was acclaimed, selling around 250,000 units. ĭeVaughn's first solo single released on a major label was the song entitled 'Guess Who Loves You More', his second single was 'You'. DeVaughn ultimately gained the attention of record producers DJ Jazzy Jeff (as Rahiem) and Kenny Burns (known as former A&R for Roc-A-Fella Records) and with the help of Jones and Vines they signed a recording contract with Jive Records in 2002. CEO Cliff Jones (Soul World Entertainment) and partner Jerry Vines, now the singer's longtime manager, met DeVaughn while managing the Baltimore-based quartet Dru Hill, and asked him to write a song for the group. He won $2,000 from the Washington DC nightclub Bar Nun talent show. Locally in the DC Metro area he attained relatively quick success, winning local awards and successfully releasing some independent work over the next few years.

music circuit-performing with various groups, the most prominent of which being Urbanave31, and at venues such as the State of the Union and Bar Nun on U Street NW, all while having CDs of his songs ready at hand. During that time he also began working the D.C. His focus turned to becoming a professional singer.ĭeVaughn took a job at Tower Records, where he put price tags on CDs. cutting class to write lyrics and record'. DeVaughn said his focus became music: 'Before I knew what was going on, I was. DeVaughn had an epiphany early in his college career at Coppin State University in Baltimore City, when he saw a group of street corner singers and began harmonizing with them. He graduated from High Point High School in Beltsville, Maryland, an unincorporated section of Prince George's County. With his father, DeVaughn attended gigs and experienced his first taste of the life of a working musician. DeVaughn visited his father during the summer, mainly in New Jersey. One of his favorite artists was Babyface, and Smith recalls that her son once begged her to visit the Waxie Maxie's record store in the District to buy a promotional picture of the singer. DeVaughn's love for music solidified during his early teens, when he began to envision his career path. His mother states that her son first expressed an affinity towards music in preschool, recalling how whenever the class had musical events, he would conduct them. He is a cousin of singer Chrisette Michele. and Maryland ( Montgomery and Prince George's counties) by his mother, Imani Smith, a now retired federal worker. DeVaughn was born in Newark, New Jersey on May 5, 1975, the son of jazz cellist Abdul Wadud.

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