From Lightspeed Champion to Blood Orange, the many lives of Dev Hynes

Lightspeed Champion was 'dorky' but new album Coastal Grooves is written from a female persepectiveDevonté Hynes is trying to tell a story but his words are muffled and he's struggling not to laugh. He's trying to explain how he ended up drunkenly singing Janet Jackson songs to Jay-Z, and how his impromptu performance led to a consultancy job at the rapper's Rocawear fashion label. At one point, Hynes – whose current look is a mix of Will Smith (circa the Fresh Prince) and the Fonz – just p...

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