Elgin Baylor Lumpkin (born October 15, 1970), better known by his stage name Ginuwine, Is an American singer and performer. 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...
MuchMusic Video Award for Best Hip Hop Video, Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album – Male, Pony, In Those Jeans, So Anxious
Music Groups
TGT
Nominations
BET Award for Best Male R&B/Pop Artist, MTV Europe Music Award for Best R&B, MuchMusic Video Award for Video of the Year, Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single – Male, American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist, MuchMusic Video Award for Cinematography of the Year, MuchMusic ...
Movies
Chocolate City, The Ideal Husband, The Bachelor Party, Juwanna Mann, Chocolate City : Vegas
Star Sign
Libra
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Fact
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touring with a stage play by Don B. Welch productions in association with Will Smith. The play is called The Bachelorette party [April 2007]
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Soon to be back in the studio recording his 6th album with Timbaland [April 2007]
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Promoting his 5th album "Back 2 Da Basics" [March 2006]
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In the very beginning of his career Ginuwine used to go by the name of Tornado.
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Has a brother, James III, and a sister, Latisha.
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Lost both parents (Sandra: cancer, James II: suicide) within a year.
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Graduated from Prince George Community College, where he received a paralegal degree.
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Children: Elgin Jr., Ginel, Kayah, Story and Dream.
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He and his rapper girlfriend, Sole, welcomed a baby girl, Story, their first together. Each has a youngster from a previous relationship. [April 2001]
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He was inspired by Michael Jackson to become an R&B star. He began his music career in the late 1980s with an amateur hip-hop group called Finesse Five and then sung for a local band called Physical Wonder. He was discovered by a member of Jodeci, and in 1996 he made his debut as Ginuwine, a name chosen because he considers himself down-to-earth. His first album for 550 Music, Ginuwine...the Bachelor, was produced by Timbaland. Ginuwine...the Bachelor reached double platinum status thanks to the No. 1 R & B single "Pony." In 1999 he followed up with the melodramatic 100% Ginuwine, also produced by Timbaland, which includes a cover of the Michael Jackson ballad "She's Out of My Life."
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Magic Mike XXL
2015
performer: "Pony", "Pony Lil Silva Remix" / writer: "Pony", "Pony Lil Silva Remix" - as Elgin Lumpkin
Glee
2015
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Let's Be Cops
2014
performer: "Pony" / writer: "Pony" - as Elgin Lumpkin
Sex Tape
2014
performer: "Pony" / writer: "Pony" - as Elgin Lumpkin
Parks and Recreation
TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2014 writer - 1 episode, 2014
Magic Mike
2012
performer: "Pony" / writer: "Pony" - as Elgin Lumpkin
American Dad!
TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2011 writer - 1 episode, 2011
So You Think You Can Dance Canada
2009
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Grand Theft Auto IV
2008
Video Game performer: "Pony" / writer: "Pony" - as Elgin Lumpkin
Dark Rising: Bring Your Battle Axe
2007
Video performer: "Pressure"
Wild Hogs
2007
writer: "Pony" - as Elgin Lumpkin
Love Don't Cost a Thing
2003
performer: "How Far Will You Go" / writer: "How Far Will You Go" - as Elgin Lumpkin
Honey
2003
performer: "Hot"
Deliver Us from Eva
2003
performer: "Excuses" / writer: "Excuses"
Barbershop
2002
performer: "Stingy"
Juwanna Mann
2002
performer: "Star Spangled Banner"
Down to Earth
2001
performer: "Can You Tell It's Me"
The Best Man
1999
performer: "The Best Man I Can Be"
Top of the Pops
TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1998 writer - 1 episode, 1998
Men in Black
1997
performer: "I'm Feeling' You" / writer: "I'm Feeling' You" - as Elgin "Ginuwine" Lumpkin