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Pic: Ne-Yo outside the Green Door in Hollywood after attending the afterparty for the 2008 ESPY Awards Los Angeles, California - 16.07.08

FASCINATING FACT 1190 Rap star NE-YO's name is a reference to NEO, the character played by KEANU REEVES in THE MATRIX. A friend gave Ne-Yo - real name SHAFFER SMITH - the nickname, saying that he saw music the way Neo sees the Matrix in the movie. 10/03/2006
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