They were almost rejected, but rapper Heavy D overheard the tape and talked Uptown president Andre Harrell into hearing the group. The two planned on going to New York to shop the demo around by themselves, but both K-Ci and Dalvin decided to tag along at the last minute.īy the time they got to New York, they had demo recordings of 29 songs, which they brought to the offices of Uptown Entertainment. He returned to Charlotte, where he wrote a song and recorded JoJo singing it. At age 16, DeVante ran away to Minneapolis to get a job in Prince's organization, but was refused. ![]() The Hailey brothers and DeVante started hanging out together, partying and talking about making R&B records together, coming up with the name Jodeci at this time. However, when they did meet, K-Ci was with a girl Dalvin had been dating, and a fight nearly broke out. The boys were able to hear each other's gospel songs played on the radio, and eventually were introduced through girlfriends as teenagers. Prince The Very Best Of Prince (2001) ITunes. ![]() Prince The Very Best Of Prince (2001) ITunes zip.
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