Dev Hynes
Robert Spencer
Updated on March 13, 2026
Hynes in 2014, photo by vonora/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: David Joseph Michael Hynes
Place of Birth: Waltham Forest, London, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 23 December, 1985
Ethnicity:
*Sierra Leonean (father)
*African-Guyanese (mother)
Dev Hynes is a British singer, songwriter, record producer, and director. He is based in New York. He has also been known as Blood Orange, Devonté Hynes, and Lightspeed Champion.
His father is from Freetown, Sierra Leone. His mother is from Georgetown, Guyana.
Dev’s maternal grandfather appears in the music video of his song Chamakay (2013).
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