Dalvin DeGrate

Dalvin DeGrate
Birth name	Dalvin Ertimus DeGrate
Also known as	Dalvin DeGrate Mr. Dalvin
Born	(1971-07-23) July 23, 1971
Origin	Charlotte, North Carolina
Genres	R&B hip hop soul
Occupation(s)	Record producer singer rapper songwriter
Instruments	Vocals drums talk box piano
Years active	1991–present
Associated acts	Stevie J Tim & Bob Jodeci K-Ci & JoJo Missy Elliott Timbaland Dren DeVante Swing

Dalvin Ertimus DeGrate (born July 23, 1971, in Hampton, Virginia) is an American R&B and soul musician, singer and rapper, best known for his days as Mr. Dalvin, one-quarter of the R&B group Jodeci. He is the younger brother of Jodeci's founder Donald "DeVante Swing" DeGrate.

Career

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

From 1994 to 1997, he was in a relationship with TLC's Tionne Watkins.

He released his first solo album, Met.A.Mor.Phic, on 18 April 2000, with the single "Why Can't We".

He moved to Def Jam Recordings, and recorded his second album, Met.A.Mor.Phic 2: The Rivalry Of A Singer and A Rapper, with appearances by Method Man, Redman, Ludacris. The album was due to be released in 2010, but he decided to leave Def Jam and form his own label, DeGrate Productions, after a dispute.

According to an interview he is set to release a new album titled "Egomaniac" in August 2012.

Discography

• Forever My Lady (1991)
• Diary of a Mad Band (1993)
• The Show, the After Party, the Hotel (1995)
• The Past, The Present, The Future (2015)

Solo

• Met.A.Mor.Phic (2000)
• Met.A.Mor.Phic 2 (unreleased)
• Egomaniac (2012)

External links

• Dalvin DeGrate at AllMusic