Ginuwine Wiki
Ginuwine is an American R&B singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor. With his first four albums, Ginuwine...The Bachelor,100% Ginuwine, achieved a lot of commercial success. Ginuwine's albums have sold over 10 million copies in the United States. At the 2021 Black Music Honors, Ginuwine received the Urban Music Icon Award. Ginuwine has a long list of multi-platinum and platinum albums and singles to his credit. Ginuwine is the brand ambassador for Adult Chocolate Milk, 40-proof vodka-based chocolate milk. Ginuwine debuted on Celebrity Big Brother 21 in the United Kingdom on January 5, 2018. On January 23, 2018, he was outed from the show, finishing in 11th place.
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Ginuwine Biography
Stage Name | Ginuwine |
Real Name | Elgin Baylor Lumpkin |
Age | 51 years |
DOB | October 15, 1970 |
Birthplace | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Marital Status | Single |
Children | 9 |
Net Worth | $1.5 million |
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Ginuwine Real Name
Ginuwine is a very famous singer and actor from the American music industry. It is very common that some singers prefer to go with their stage name when it comes to becoming famous. This might be due to various reasons like to have a Hippie name to catch the public’s eyes or to avoid their personal identity to the public and others. Ginuwine has a real name that was given to him. His real name is Elgin Baylor Lumpkin.
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Ginuwine Ethnicity
Ginuwine is a singer, dancer, and actor from the United States. Tornado is another name for him. Elgin Baylor Lumpkin was born in Washington, D.C. on October 15, 1970. Elgin Baylor, an NBA legend, is his name. His parents are both deceased; his father took his own life and his mother died of cancer. He has two siblings: James III, a brother, and Latisha, a sister. Ginuwine began his career as a member of Swing Mob, a record label based in Rochester, New York.
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Ginuwine Wife
Tonya Michelle Johnston, best known by her stage name Solé, is a Kansas City, Missouri-based rapper. According to her first album Skin Deep, she is of African and Choctaw Native American origin. Solé has two children from a previous relationship. In June 1999, Solé met Ginuwine and they got married in Grand Cayman. They have two daughters, born in 2001 and 2002, respectively. Ginuwine and Solé announced their split in November and they officially split in 2015.
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How Many Kids Does Ginuwine Have?
Story and Dream are his two kids born from his marriage with Sole. From a prior relationship, he has a son, Elgin, Jr., as well as four other children from three other different women. Ginuwine revealed he has nine children:
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Ramonda
Tiffany
Elgin
Ginel
Tahjair
Story
Dream
as well as two step-children,
Dejan
Cypress
However, we haven't seen much of all of his children in public.
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Ginuwine Networth
His net worth is estimated to be around $1.5 million. One of Ginuwine's lawyers claimed in November 2014 that the artist was on the verge of going into bankruptcy. Ginuwine's lawyer blamed the singer's financial troubles on his costly divorce with musician Solé. Ginuwine was accused of falsely declaring bankruptcy in order to avoid further settlements, according to the parties that sued him. His singing career is something he's particularly proud of. The first single from the album, "Pony," reached number six on the Billboard Hot 100 rankings and has been a hit ever since.
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