Dalvin DeGrate

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Dalvin DeGrate (born Dalvin Ertimus DeGrate, on July 23, 1971, in Hampton, Virginia) is an African-American R&B/soul musician, singer and rapper, one-quarter of the R&B group Jodeci. He is the younger brother of Jodeci founder DeVante Swing.

[edit] Career

The rapper for the group, DeGrate rarely sang lead on Jodeci tracks, although he took production and songwriting credits on Diary of A Mad Band and The Show, The After Party, The Hotel.

Dalvin also dated Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins of the female R&B group TLC and she appeared in Jodeci's Love U 4 Life video. He also released his solo debut, Met.A.Mor.Phic on 18 April 2000, which spawned the minor hit "Why Can't We".

He has gone on to produce tracks for a number of other artists, including Brandy Norwood's younger brother Ray-J.

[edit] Trivia

DeVante and Dalvin have another brother named Derek DeGrate. (DeVante is the oldest, Derek is the middle, and Dalvin is the youngest.)

[edit] See also

• Jodeci
• New Jack Swing