NE-YO 3x Grammy Winner, Perception vs Reality, Finding Peace in Public Eye & Fatherhood | The Pivot
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Published 2023-10-24
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NE-YO, 3x Grammy Award Winner, biggest hits, writing for Beyonce & Rihanna, perception over reality, finding peace in the public eye and fatherhood
Our era’s king of R&B, known for his love songs and timeless hits, Ne-Yo sits with Ryan, Fred and Channing for in-depth conversation about music, family, fatherhood and finding balance in the public eye, Trying to emulate the R&B legend, Ryan is singing his music to start the show as the guys all get a laugh talking about wardrobe choices, in particular Ryan's so-called R&B outfit and lightening the tone before diving into the deep layers of who Ne-Yo is as a person and wildly talented artist.
Dating back to how his career started, how it took off and how he has been able to maintain his level of excellence and always staying motivated, Ne-Yo talks about how it's not just producing and performing his own music but it's relishing the power of his pen by writing some of the biggest hits for Rihanna to Beyonce to Usher and more. Understanding success comes with living under a microscope, Ne-Yo explains how he's navigated the waters all these years and being able to tune out the opinions of others while putting his faith in himself and his family to validate his work. Channing makes the joke about how females expect Ne-Yo to be the guy singing and writing those love songs in his actual relationships and asks if there is pressure to be that character over his everyday persona.
Out of all the accolades and #1 hits, he shares his biggest accomplishment is being a father and will always put his children first before anything else. He clears the air on misconceptions of him in his personal life and opens up on what life is really like away from the music. Despite being separated from his children's mothers, Ne-Yo has managed to maintain co-parenting duties and understands the importance of a family upbringing. Ne-Yo shares with the guys how he grew up in house full of women with his mother, sisters, aunts which he credits for helping to shape him into the man he is today,
Ne-Yo reflects on his biggest Pivot which he remembers clearly how a long time ago when he first started doing signings at a record store, a young man came up to him and thanked him for saving his life with is music and how the guy was struggling mentally wanting to take his own life, and something in the lyrics and flow of Ne-Yo's music, the young man found comfort and
Most recently, over the summer, Ne-Yo headlined President Biden's July 4th concert at the White House, 24 hours after performing a private celebration at Michael Rubin's Hampton's event with exclusive guests form Kim Kardashian, Beyonce, Jay Z, Tom Brady, Kevin Hart, Leonardo DiCaprrio and many more. Ne-Yo just released his brand-new single "Link Up" which will be featured on his 9th album coming out in 2024.
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All Comments (21)
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My favourite R&B artist. I know he got 3 Grammys but it always feels imo like he never gets the recognition he deserves from the general public. To use a term from the sports world, dude is a generational talent. 🙏🎶
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Being able to think like a woman is a gift that sounds so easy but a very intricate tool
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Channing said don’t embarrass me 😂😂
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NE-YO is a great artist but a elite songwriter of the highest order
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People are born with talent! It’s in his DNA 🧬 that’s why he’s special 🎤
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Neyo just don't give AF and i respect his honesty. What matters most is his family. I love it
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That’s my dude. So sick got me through my divorce .Thank you Neyo for some of my favorite jams. Another dope interview Pivot. 🙌🏾
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Powerful talking about his emotions!
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Finally back to back episodes of two great guest that were requested
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Shaffer said mind y’all business, Neyo said go play my music 😜
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This interview was dope... I definitely wanted to hear his answer to the question right as the show was closing though. "Do you feel a responsibility to let the music age with you?" It's good to hear where artists , who've been great for so long, are at now as they continue to do what they love... and how they feel about the ways the industry has changed over time.
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Y’all better leave Ryan alone!! 😂 let him be his R&B self!😏 Luv Ne-Yo!! I saw him years ago when he opened up for Alicia Keys’s here in STL! I said to my daughter, he’s fine blow up!🖤💛
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How other people feel about us is none of our business. ✨✨✨ It takes a while to learn and adhere to this but it’s so liberating!
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To err is human, to forgive is divine! No one is perfect, being a musical celebrity doesn't make one above making mistakes. The same mercy that we expect whenever we are wrong, we need to extend to others whenever they are wrong!
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Ne-Yo deep caring man knows which side is up. I never knew much about til now. He has my respect. Pivot excellent, fun time spent.
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Damn what an incredible interview. NeYo is a generational talent man this is great stuff. Seem like a good man and intelligent artist. Solid. Love to the Pivot!
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RC with the Ronald MCDONALD'S on 😂😂☠️☠️
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34:59 when he sit up and said don't have Me say f u in front of neo was everything to me lol that's some dirty south old folks stuff lol
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People let on Ne-Yo..but he was one the most talented artist..and delivers every time..to hear the humble conversation was great insight ..to remind people that celebrities are people too..let's goooo PIVOT ...keep it coming👏🏿👏🏻👏🏽👏🏿👏🏻👏🏽
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WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!! I don't know his music, but now I'm curious because of how powerful this man is. He is wise.
