Dalvin DeGrate (born Dalvin Ertimus DeGrate, on July 23, 1971, in Hampton, Virginia) is an African-American R&B/soul musician, singer and rapper, one-quarter of the R&B group Jodeci. He is the younger brother of Jodeci founder DeVante Swing.

Career

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

Dalvin also dated Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins of the female R&B group TLC and she appeared in Jodeci's Love U 4 Life video. He also released his solo debut, Met.A.Mor.Phic on 18 April 2000, which spawned the minor hit "Why Can't We".

He has gone on to produce tracks for a number of other artists, including Brandy Norwood's younger brother Ray-J.

Trivia

DeVante and Dalvin have another brother named Derek DeGrate. (DeVante is the oldest, Derek is the middle, and Dalvin is the youngest.)

See also

• Jodeci
• New Jack Swing