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Infobox musical artist |name = Ginuwine|image = ginuwine wiki.jpg|caption =|image_size =|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Elgin Baylor Lumpkin|alias = Mr. Elgin|birth_date = birth date and age|1975|10|15|death_date =|origin = Washington, D.C. , United States|genre = Contemporary R& B|R& B |instrument = Vocals, guitar|occupation = singer-songwriter , actor |years_active = 1996–present|label = 550 Music , Epic Records|Epic , Notifi Records|Notifi / Asylum Records|Asylum |associated_acts = Timbaland , Static Major , Missy Elliott , Aaliyah , Playa (band)|Playa , H-Town (band)|H-Town | website = URL|ginuwine.com Elgin Baylor Lumpkin (born October 15, 1975), http://randb.about.com/od/gthroughm/p/Ginuwine.htm Ginuwine profile better known by his stage name Ginuwine is an American singer-songwriter and actor . Signed to Epic Records since the mid-1990s, Ginuwine had released a number of multi-platinum and platinum-selling albums and singles, becoming one of R& B's top artists during the late 1990's and early 2000's .cite web |url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p194935|pure_url=yes |title=Ginuwine - Biography |work= Allmusic |last=Huey |first=Steve |accessdate=2008-12-29 He formed a supergroup with H-Town (band)|H-Town and Playa (band)|Playa
Biography
Ginuwine was born on October 15, 1975 in Washington, D.C. He is named after National Basketball Association|NBA legend Elgin Baylor , who is also a Washington native. In 1989, he graduated from Forestville High School (now known as Forestville Military Academy ) in Forestville, Maryland and later graduated from Prince George's Community College in Largo, Maryland with a paralegal associate's degree . Soon afterward he broke into the music industry .
Personal life
Ginuwine lost both his parents in 2000; his father committed suicide and his mother died of cancer less than a year later. Ginuwine struggled with grief and depression; he also thought of committing suicide. He received counseling by his pastor, which turned him to a more positive path.cite web |url= http://eartodastreetz.com/2009/06/15/ginuwine-speaks-on-music-mental-health-and-his-suicide-attempts/ |title=Ginuwine Speaks On Music, Mental Health and His Suicide Attempts |work=Eartodastreetz.com |date=2009-06-15 |accessdate=2009-06-25 http://bossip.com/122439/ginuwine-i-was-so-close-to-ending-my-life/ I Was So Close To Ending My Life
Ginuwine is married to the United States|American rapping|rapper Tonya M. Lumpkin cite web |url= http://www.gazette.net/stories/04222010/entepri163708_32549.php |title=Genuine home-grown talent |first=Joshua |last=Garner |date=April 22, 2010 |work=Gazette.net |publisher=Post-Newsweek Media, Inc |accessdate=May 18, 2010 |quote=with his wife, Tonya Lumpkin, a former rapper known as Solé cite web |title=Tonya M. Johnston on ASCAP |url= http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm? requesttimeout=300& mode=results& searchstr=1568662& search_in=c& search_type=exact& search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v& results_pp=10& start=1 |publisher= American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers|ASCAP |accessdate=2009-04-14 cite web |title=Sole-Me.com - Official Sole Website |url= http://www.sole-me.com/ |archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20000620180459/ http://www.sole-me.com/ |archivedate=2000-06-20 |accessdate=2009-04-14 better known by her stage name, Solé '.. Solé has daughters De'jan (9 March 1991) and Cypress (9 January 1995) from previous relationships. Ginuwine met Solé in June 1999waybackdate|date=20070517045915|site= http://www.strictlysole.com/strictlysole/info/facts.html|title=Strictly Sole and they began dating in October 1999. They were married on 8 September 2003 in the Caribbean. They live in Georgia and Maryland. http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2009/06/18/obama-made-voting-cool-even-for-ginuwine Lives In MD Suburbs They have two daughters together: Story (29 March 01) http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12062968 Sole/Ginuwine have daughter and Dream Sarae Lumpkin (1 November 02). http://www.s2smagazine.com/content/content.asp? issueid=200306& listid=15 G tells Niki of Sister 2 Sister mag that his 2nd daughter was born on 1 Nov and that he has had a vasectomy He has son Elgin Jr (1992) from a previous relationship, as well as three other children by three different women. http://www.s2smagazine.com/node/909 Ginuwine Tells S2S I have 4 Baby Mamas In February 2009 Ginuwine announced he has eight children. http://www.s2smagazine.com/node/909 Ginuwine and Sole have eight kids together & from previous relationships http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thediamondkshow/2009/02/24/camron-is-back-talks-about-jim-jones-juelz-and-dame-dash FF to 17:14, DiamondKShow
Career
Music
Most recent: I Apologize, while credited to Ginuwine, is not an official release but has acceptance to his catalog.citation needed It peaked at #50 on Billboard's Top R& B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.1 Leon Youngblood, manager of one of the vocalists featured on the album, told George Varga in an interview with the Union Tribune Newspaper that the album "was supposed to be billed as a 'Ginuwine Presents' album" " Youngblood stated "the album did very well, its the first time I worked with anyone who cracked #50 on the billboard charts, Im very proud of that fact"
Ginuwine can be spotted in one of Jodeci 's videos. There, he met rapper Missy Elliott|Melissa "Missy" Elliott and producer Timbaland|Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley , who became his main collaborators through the 1990s. Ginuwine's first single, (written by Static Major ) the 1996 " Pony (Ginuwine song)|Pony " from Ginuwine...The Bachelor , showcased his smooth vocals and Timbaland's innovative production style, and the two became a hit-making duo. The song "Pony" was used in a "karaoke" scene from the film Wild Hogs in 2007 and again used in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV in 2008. Mike Patton and Rahzel together perform a cover of " Pony (Ginuwine song)|Pony " during their concerts. Ginuwine covered Prince (musician)|Prince's "When Doves Cry" single from the movie soundtrack to Purple Rain (film)|Purple Rain .
After his second album, 100% Ginuwine , was released in 1999, Ginuwine and Timbaland grew apart. Producers such as R. Kelly have crafted hits for him since then. In 2001, Ginuwine had a number-four hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with the single "Differences", which also peaked at number-one on the Billboard Hot R& B/Hip-Hop Songs|Hot R& B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart.
Within a year, Ginuwine lost both of his parents. He later wrote a song which is featured on his album The Life (album)|The Life entitled "Two Reasons I Cry". In 2002, Ginuwine was a feature artist on P. Diddy 's number-one hit "I Need a Girl (Part II)". Later that year, Ginuwine started his own label, Bag Entertainment. The label would feature artists such as Jose Cenquentez (who appeared on The Senior ) and Knight.
Ginuwine's fifth album, Back II Da Basics , was released on November 15, 2005. The album debuted at number 12 on the Billboard 200 , selling close to 100,000 copies. Ginuwine stated on BET's Top 100 countdown that the album went Gold with sales of 500,000 copies.cite web |url= http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/search/article_display.jsp? vnu_content_id=1001526775 |title=The BillBoard 200 |work=Billboard.biz |date=November 23, 2005
In May 2007, an album entitled I Apologize was released in stores. Although attributed to Ginuwine, the release was an unauthorized album and included only three Ginuwine songs - apparently from stolen masters - and ten songs by other artists. Ginuwine spoke against the unofficial release on both his MySpace page and through YouTube .YouTube|pURhMK6TOKo|Ginuwine - I Apoligize (2007) (February 26, 2007). In 2007, Ginuwine collaborated with Canadian hip-hop artist Belly (rapper)|Belly in the latter's debut solo song "Pressure", which was featured in Belly's debut album the Revolution , released in June 2007.
Ginuwine's sixth album entitled '' A Man's Thoughts '', was released on June 23, 2009. The album was produced by The Underdogs, B Cox, Timbaland, The Runners, Johnta Austin, Oak and Polow Da Don. The album includes guests appearances from Brandy, Missy Elliott, Bun B and Timbaland. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002984ARK Ginuwine formed a group with Tank (American singer)|Tank and Tyrese named TGT (group)|TGT . Their first single was a remix of Tank's "Please Don't Go". They were supposed to tour but plans fell apart due to conflicting schedules.cite web |url= http://www.sohh.com/articles/article.php/11692 |title=SOHH Soulful: Tyrese, Ginuwine & Tank Form R& B Supergroup |work=SOHH.com |first=Janeé |last=Bolden |date=May 23, 2007 |archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20070707074749/ http://www.sohh.com/articles/article.php/11692 |archivedate=July 7, 2007
Ginuwine announced on his Myspace Blog on August 21, 2008 that due to label and legal issues, they will not be able to release an official TGT album.cite web |url= http://www.myspace.com/ginuwinemusic |title=Ginuwine's Official Myspace |accessdate=2008-08-23 Ginuwine is the founder and CEO of LoveSong Incorporated, after completing his contract with Epic Records|550 Music/Epic . Ginuwine announced on his Myspace blog on August 21, 2008 that he signed a major label deal with Notifi Records/Warner Brothers.
Ginuwine introduced producer MELROG and rapper Young Knight a.k.a. Knightron on the Back 2 Da Basics album. Currently Knightron is working on his own album under Ginuwine's label BAG ENT. Elgin will be released on Valentine's Day 2011.
Film
Ginuwine was originally cast in the 2004 film You Got Served . Ultimately R& B artist Marques Houston was cast in his place. The writer of the movie kept Ginuwine's real name "Elgin" as the name for one of the lead characters. He also was cast as R& B singer "Romeo" in the film Juwanna Mann . He was also on an episode of Moesha All this and Turkey, too
In February 2011, Ginuwine co-starred in the Gospel Music Channel 's debut of John Ruffin 's stage play The Ideal Hustband which also stars Darrin Dewitt Henson , Jackée Harry , Clifton Powell , Shirley Murdock , Shanti Lowry and Erica Hubbard .cite web|url= http://www.urblife.com/the-life/ginuwine-hot-date-tips|title=Ginuwine's Hot Date Tips& #33; First Impressions, Connecting and Romance After Marriage!|work=UrbLife.com|date=February 26, 2011
Endorsements
Ginuwine is a spokesman for the beverage Adult Chocolate Milk, a 40-proof vodka-based version of chocolate milk.cite news| url= http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2011-01-16-adult-beverages_N.htm? loc=interstitialskip | work=USA Today | first=Kellie | last=Hwang | title=Chocolate milk gets a grown-up twist with some vodka added | date=January 19, 2011 http://www.soulculture.co.uk/blogs/ginuwine-plays-milkman-for-new-beverage-adult-chocolate-milk/
*2000: Best R& B/Soul Male Single ("So Anxious"), Nominated
* 2000: Best R& B/Soul Male Album ( 100% Ginuwine ), Winner
References
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External links
official website| http://www.ginuwine.com/
http://soulinterviews.com/interviews-archive/645-ginuwine-swe.html Ginuwine 2011 Audio Interview at Soulinterviews.com
Ginuwine Persondata|NAME=Ginuwine |ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Lumpkin, Elgin Baylor |SHORT DESCRIPTION=R& B Singer |DATE OF BIRTH=October 15, 1975 |PLACE OF BIRTH= Washington, D.C. |DATE OF DEATH= |PLACE OF DEATH= Category:1970 births Category:African American singer-songwriters Category:American rhythm and blues singer-songwriters Category:Asylum Records artists Category:Living people Category:People from Washington, D.C. Category:Swing Mob artists
