Van Hunt

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Van Hunt (born March 8, 1977) is a Grammy award-winning, American R&amp;B/neo soul singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. <p>Van Hunt was born in Dayton, Ohio and raised by his single mother. His father was a factory worker and part-time painter, who was a friend of Ohio Players drummer Jimmy "Diamond" Williams. At an early age, Hunt took up the saxophone and drums, and later played guitar in a rock band called Royalty. Hunt moved to Texas for a short time before relocating to Atlanta, Georgia in 1996 to attend Morehouse College. In Atlanta, he started producing demos for Atlanta rappers in order to pay bills. Hunt met up-and-coming record producers and artists like Dallas Austin, Jermaine Dupri and TLC through his work on demos. <p>Hunt wrote and produced the song "Hopeless" for singer Dionne Farris, formerly of Arrested Development, and joined her band on guitar and keyboards. "Hopeless" appeared on the soundtrack for the film Love Jones (1997), which led to...