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Raheem DeVaughn is an American singer and songwriter. His debut album, The Love Experience (2005),...

Raheem DeVaughn is an American singer and songwriter. His debut album, The Love Experience (2005), reached No. 46 on the Billboard 200 album chart, with the singles "You" and "Guess Who Loves You More" receiving radio airplay. The album Love Behind the Melody (2008) followed; DeVaughn was nominated for Best Male R&B; Vocal Performance at the 2008 Grammy Awards for the single, "Woman". DeVaughn, the son of jazz cellist Abdul Wadud, was born in Newark, New Jersey and raised in Maryland (Montgomery and Prince George's counties) by his mother, Imani Smith, a now retired federal worker. 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. DeVaughn's love for music solidified during his early teens, when he began to envision his career path. 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 visited his father during the summer, mainly in New Jersey. With his father, DeVaughn attended gigs and experienced his first taste of the life of