The dynamic duo first hooked up last year on Fabolous’ hit “Make Me Better”. Ne-Yo returned the favor on his “Year Of The Gentleman” album by requesting Loso’s services for “How I Do’. Another straight radio jawn which seems to be the way to go these days since downloading has basically destroyed album sales. What do you think of the single ?

This is a new single from the R&B singer/songwriter and it isn’t one of the songs from his recently released ‘Year Of The Gentleman” album.

Hit songwriter/singer Ne-Yo is taking his acting career one step further as he’s to star in and executive produce a new film titled Venice Beach.

Ne-Yo, real name Shaffer Smith, made his acting debut in 2006’s Save The Last Dance 2, and went on to land a part in last year’s Stomp The Yard.

But Ne-Yo is now looking to get involved in the movie production side of Hollywood with the release of Venice Beach. The movie, written by Step Up’s Duane Adler, is about an 18-year-old woman who goes in pursuit of her singing dreams after meeting a successful musician, played by Ne-Yo.

In addition to his roles in front of and behind the camera, Ne-Yo will also write the soundtrack to the film, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

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SInger/songwriter Ne-Yo has revealed that his record company tried to pair him with singer Rihanna before she began dating Chris Brown in order to create some controversy.

In a statement to The Sun, Ne-Yo said,

“Just months prior to them dating record companies were trying to put me with Rihanna to build up some controversy” says the “Year of the Gentleman” star.

“They’ve been trying to do it with me for years but I refuse to sell my soul.”

On whether Rihanna and Chris Brown’s relationship is real, however, he says,

“I’ve hung out with them so much that I know that it’s the real deal and they’re in a relationship… “They tear hair out of each other and argue. I’ve seen them kiss and make up like other couples do.”

This statement only adds fuel to the rumors of Ne-Yo’s being gay. Maybe he should’ve kept this info to himself. SMH.

Ne-Yo talks about smacking Yung Berg and Chris Brown’s hygiene.

In a recent interview, singer/songwriter Ne-Yo was asked whether he would be working with Britney Spears on her upcoming album. He responded “No” ! He went on to say that he feels that there is still bad blood on Britney and her management’s side because of a situation that happened while working on Britney’s Blackout album. Ne-Yo had penned several songs for Spears which ended up being recorded by Beyonce, Rihanna and Nicole Scherzinger. Ne-Yo had this to say about the disagreement:

“I heard that she was upset with me, and you know, I don’t care,” “We set up multiple sessions where she was supposed to actually come in and give her input on the songs, but she never showed up. OK, she’s goin’ through some things - whatever, fine. This was before the whole shaving of the head thing, but after that happened, her people stopped returnin’ phone calls.” I ain’t heard from her people again and I know she’s back in the studio now, but I would work with her again if she wanted to. Like my door swings both ways. I ain’t got no beef with her, no drama or nothin’ like that, but I’m not about to call them like, ‘Hey, we should get together.’ I’m not about to do that.”

Ne-Yo had written six to eight songs for Britney’s Blackout album. According to Ne-Yo, the singer’s management  never paid him, and Spears even missed multiple recording sessions.

This is the remix to “Miss Independent”. I have to say this is a very nice collaboration and very unique. I also agree with the whole concept of the song. There’s nothing more attractive than a beautiful and independent woman.

It’s sad how vicious some people in this world are. Since coming on the scene, R&B singer Ne-Yo has been bombarded with questions about his sexuality. Why ??? Because the man isn’t covered in tattoos ? Because he isn’t referring to women as bitches and hos (whores) ? A friend of mine asked me last night if I read the issue of Essence magazine where Ne-Yo admits that he is gay. Supposedly there is a man that the singer was in a relationship with for years that has been blackmailing him and Def Jam has been paying the man off. The story goes on to say that Ne-Yo grew tired of the blackmailing and decided to come out of the closet.

This is the most ridiculous $hit that I have ever heard and this is coming from a woman who graduated at the top of her high school class with a 4.6 GPA. I asked her where she heard this and she got the info from a girl that actually worked on a music video with Ne-Yo.  The girl received a mass email that had the bogus story in it. The problem is, when she told my friend the story she claimed that she was reading from the actual magazine. On a telephone call that my friend made to her in my presence, she admitted that she was reading supposed quotes from Essence that were in the email. There is no damn issue of Essence with Ne-Yo talking about any of this. If there were, I’m sure we all would have a copy. The name of his new album is the “Year Of The Gentleman”. The album contains a song titled “Ms. Independent” which is a tribute to his mother and the kind of woman that he wants.

The name of my site is Filthy Rag but I don’t take pleasure in reporting negative info. I chose the name for it’s shock value. If I report on something like this you can best beleive that I include wording to let you know that it is a rumor unless it has been substantiated. People need to stop tearing others down like this. If it turns out one day that Ne-Yo is gay, then so what ? Some people really need to get a fuc@%$# LIFE !!!!

Damn, despite what ol’ Georgey boy says this country is definitely in a recession because people are doing anything to make money:

Ne-Yo fans in New York are fuming after they were duped into paying to watch a fake version of the star perform.

A Big Apple concert promoter rented out hotspot Mansion and sold tickets to see the singer for GBP18 and GBP11, which attracted a full-house.

But the star was actually booked to host a party at another club just one block away.

According to guests at the fake bash, at 1.30am organisers told them Ne-Yo was stuck in traffic.

A reveller tells the New York Post, “20 minutes later, the audience was told Ne-Yo was there. Then they put a fake Ne-Yo onstage, but it didn’t work, so they finally said Ne-Yo was stuck in the Gulf of Mexico.”

A representative for the performer tells the Post, “Ne-Yo was never confirmed to perform at club Mansion that weekend, and there was never a performance scheduled or any contracts signed for Ne-Yo to appear.”

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