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Devonté "Dev" Hynes, also known as Blood Orange and formerly Lightspeed Champion, is a British singer, composer, songwriter, producer and author. He has written for artists such as Florence and the Machine, Diana Vickers and The Chemical Brothers on their 2007 Grammy award winning album We Are the Night. He is currently signed to Domino Records. The name 'Lightspeed Champion' comes from a series of comic strips Hynes drew as a teenager in his school mathematics books.[4] Hynes was voted the 49th 'coolest person in rock' in NME's 2007 Cool List,[5] jumping to position 20 in the following year's list.[6]...

Tanto Metro and Devonte, a major pioneering force of the dancehall movement, have been creating hits for almost a decade now. In the late '90s, they were able to pave the way for many reggae artists. They tapped into the international mainstream markets during a time when it was unheard of for a Jamaican artist to reach the charts outside of their home country. Tanto and Devonte's instant chemistry and talent led them beyond Jamaica and into the U.S. Top 40 Billboard chart not once, but twice. Today, the veteran hit makers and creators of two of dancehall's biggest radio...