Dalvin DeGrate  

The son of a minister, Dalvin DeGrate was raised with his brother older Donald in
Charlotte, NC. He was performing by the age of two and at nine was drumming in
his father's gospel group, the DeGrate Delegation. The DeGrate brothers met
brothers Joel and Cedric Halley, and formed the vocal group Jodeci. Dalvin
DeGrate, who was the group's rapper, adopted the nickname "Mr. Dalvin"; Donald
DeGrate "DeVante Swing"; Joel Halley "JoJo"; and Cedric Halley "K-Ci." They
moved to New York and signed to Uptown Entertainment, releasing their debut
album, Forever My Lady, in 1991. It topped the R&B charts, went multi-platinum,
and spawned three #1 R&B hits: "Stay," "Come & Talk to Me," and the title song.
1994's Diary of a Mad Band also hit the top of the R&B charts and went multi-platinum,
with "Cry for You" becoming a #1 R&B hit. 1995's The Show - The After-Party - The
Hotel was slightly less successful, but it still sold over a million copies and contained
three R&B Top 10 hits. Jodeci broke up, with the Halley brothers recording successfully
as K-Ci & JoJo. The DeGrate brothers were slower off the mark, but in April 2000, Dalvin
DeGrate released a solo album, Met.A.Mor.Phic, on which his brother DeVante served as
one of the producers. On the album, he turned to singing.

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