O MY…..

DRUGS, hard living and thinkin’ he was bigger and better then what he really is or was is what happened to him!

Cracked out and lost is written all over his face.

WOW

HB they were a 90′s R&B group not the 80′s..anyway cocaine is one helluva drug huh smh..I used to crush on him hard….I hope he can fight his addiction…

Nothing happened he just got old.. Thats all that partying…

LOL! Bet ya ain’t wettin’ ya panties over him now, ladies!

Don’t know about anyone else but this SADDENS me (smh)!!! It is obvious he has a serious drug problem and one that consumed him! OMG!!! WOW! He looks horrible. I used to crush on him in a major way. The industry does something vicious to the “weak”. KC from Jodeci is lookin’ rough these days too. They are not the only ones. I saw pics of Tevin Campbell a couple years back and damn near wanted to cry. A straight H.A.M. (Hot Ass Mess)!!!

LMFAO @ PHOTO # 3 HE TOLD HIS CRACK DEALER ./”’ BABY IM BEGGIN BABY IM BEGGIN BABY BABY ./”’

The skeletal pattern on that jacket in #3 suits him.

What in the hell? he looks terrible. wow.

DAMn he used to be FINE and now he looks like a recovering BASEHEAD! DAMN DEVONTE!

HE IS DEF. ON DRUGS.DAMN

Wow….He’s still alive?

Jjazzeboo, I agree with you. I think he just got older, and like a lot of men, thumbed his nose at eating right, fresh air, 8 hours of sleep and working out. I think most men with a handsome face don’t feel they have to do any of that stuff. I’m gonna look him up, tho. He might not even be that old.

HE FOUNDED MISSY ELLIOT , TIMBERLAND & MAGOO INCLUDING GENUINE… IF HE KEPT IT TOGETHER OR AT LEAST KEPT OFF OF DRUGS HE COULDVE BEEN ONE OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN THE PRODUCTION WORLD RIGHT NOW SINCE HIS GROUP JODECI WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST R&B GROUPS AT THE TIME… I GUESS RICK JAMES SAID IT BEST ! COCAINE IS A HELLUVA DRUG!!!

DeVante Swing (born Donald Earle DeGrate, Jr, on September 24, 1969 in Hampton, Virginia) is an African American record producer, songwriter, and singer. DeVante got his start as a member of the R&B chart-topping group Jodeci, which helped to define the new jack swing sound during the 1990s. Devante Swing served as the leader, main songwriter and producer for Jodeci which also featured his younger brother Dalvin DeGrate.

BUT I DID FIND THIS

Did Devante Swing die of an overdose?

No. It’s not secret that he has been battling a serious cocaine habit for a while now, but he is still alive. Let’s hope he can get it together and start back making banging music. Holla!

Man, he was such a handsome dude. I remember I met him and Dalvin back in 97 @ their dad’s church. Hope things get better for him!

80′s one decade off 90′s is more like it…

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Whoa…He looks terrible. I am sure he is dealing with a drug problem or something. I can’t even believe that was Devante for a minute in that picture. The last I seen him was some years ago on the BET awards and he didn’t look all that great either. I hope he gets himself together because he was a great influence on music as an artist with Jodeci but as a song writer. It saddens me to see him in this way because so many artists experience the same issues if they get involved in drugs or even the wrong people. I wish him the best and I am never one to past judgement on any woman or man because I never know what he has been through in his life. Until I have walked a mile in his shoes then and only then can I begin to make judgements. I will keep him in my prayers. Another thing Bp it was the 90s not the 80s.

Man devante swing was da bait..is da bait and will always b da bait… i think he look gud as shyt hell ya’l dnt want’em he can c** right ove here… real live

CAN U SAY H.I.V.?

NAW LET ME STOP LOL!!!! BUT HE DAMM SURE LOOKS LIKE HE COULD BE!!!

Damn, he was so fine back then, he still look good but yeah he looks like hes infected lol

me, personally even back in the day , i always thought something was wrong with him, cuz he always was so quiet and always, always wore sunglasses and seemed spaced out all the time. Kci and jo jo were recently on the soul train awards and just didn’t perform up to their usual. seemed like k-ci was on something. All we can do is pray for these people.

everyoneknows that allof jodeci was coked out and lets not even get into the rumors that he has aids

Mr Dalvin is the only member left of the group who looks normal…Yeah THey were one of the best R&B Groups of the 90s…Every guy wanted to be like them and every girl wanted them. Its a shame what alcohol, drugs and women will do to a person…aside from Mr. Dalvin they look terrible and I cant see a re union ever happening.

Wait? This makes news? A bunch of ugly brothers who got uglier? lol Who cares? I didn’t care then, and Idc now – lol – it’s not like he’s making a video. Jodeci were NOT hearththrobs – Dalvin and Devante looked good only in comparison 2 the gremlins KCi and Jo Jo. I liked exactly 2 of their songs so this isn’t nearly as disappointing as one might think.

Oh, and face tatoos r ugly as hell. On everyone. Ever.

Tha heck is everyone sporting these behind the eye tattoos now?? I notice ever since Mike did it its become widespread…Danger has one too and shes on the other blog. I hope this doesnt become a trend.

Tryin to hold on to the past, people need to learn how to grow up in their looks as well as life. Let that party boy sh*t go and just grow up.

He looks like a crack head now. He needs Jesus real bad !

Is it me or does he look like he’s sh*tting in his pants right now? I dunno, maybe its just me lol.

They called him a 80′s hottie LOL…Im only 25 and i know they were never out in the 80′s. Damn low budget ass writers smh

damn pretty sad n its the 90s guys, jodeci were a part of the new jack swing era so 90s. but anyways, he looks like the breakup didnt do him too good – pretty sad.

Compared to K-CI and JOJO he looks hella good. He does look a lil off though but not too bad i’d still f*ck with him..LOL clean him right up… Unfortunately they’re gonna be just like Whitney.. Can’t hold a note to save her life… SMH I feel so bad for her because she sounded so horrible on Dancing with the Stars… And Whit used to hit those high notes..

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Damn!! Cocaine is a helluva drug! He looks bad.

Oh, and the writer needs to get it straight. Jodeci was in the 90s. Check your facts next time.

Well considering that he was out and looked good over 15+ yrs ago, he could look alot worse! He was a very attractive male back way-back-when…things change over the years…that was almost 2decades ago. Lets see how some of you all look 5, 10 and 15 yrs from now…hell lets see how some of you all look in 1 to 2 yrs from now lol. Keeping it sexy is so much harder to do than you think so be kind to youselves, dont stress, eat right, get that evil out your lives. Hmm wonders whats up with Mr Dalvin though I thought he was the best looking one of the group.

Whitney said it best ” I don’t do crack, CRACK IS WACK!!” LMAFO!

aww man…

Put the crack pipe down, sir…..lol

i had the biggest crush on him he was soooo fine back in da day what happen

NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

Nemesis1980..LMAO..U took the words rite out my mouth!!

UM…

IM SORRY BUT DEVANTE SWING STILL LOOK GOOD

JUST SAY NO!!!!!!!!!!!

JUST SAY NO!!!!!!!!!!!

DAMN!!! I USED TO BE IN LOVE WITH THIS MAN(DEVANTE)…WTF HAPPENED!? AN WHATS UP WITH THESE TATTOOS ON THE SIDE OF PPL’S FACES…THAT S**T AINT CUTE! SICK FKN PUPPY!!!

blkpuddn i agree with you. I use to be in love with this man too so much that when i had my first born his first name was Devante(he passed away right after delivery though). but i mean damn wtf! is he on drugs or was on drugs.

well thats what that crack will do to you…

AINT NOTHIN HAPPEN TO HIM HE JUST LOOKS OLDER TO ME

Well let this be a lesson to you females who value looks and money over substance…the looks and money will fade eventually…but a man of substance will only get better as time passes.

i think tats on a man are sexxxy as hell i think he still hot as f ck

Yo that dude look so crack out its crazy….and lilchicbigappetite stfu sorry you my not know what mean “SHUT THE F**K UP”

He prolly da baby father of Danger two ugly futugly people he ugly and so is danger two ugly people never make a right

He still looks nice. I would still holla at him. He looks the same to me.

I don’t know what to say. Just glad he is still living. LOL!

smh, he dont look as bad as people say he do…
to be honest all o’boy need to do is get a new hair stylist…fix them ragedy a** braids…
shave…and he need some new gear……and i think he would be koo..of course he not gone
look the same as he looked back in the 80′s…its 2009…thats a long time ago…but like i was sayin just them few things and he will be back on deck…..

He looks broke :(

Some of yall just like talking down on people he dont look much different other then the tatt ,plus the media will find the most f**ked up shot they can and use it to turn a story how they want it to be. Hell notice only 1 photo on there looks crazy but you can tell he wasnt ready for the shot . And besides the point the dude is pushing 40 what you think he gone look like .think about it they where like 19 in 1990 .

HB ya’ll been typing shyt about men *ALL MONTH LONG* Homeboy looks da same, just OLDER now, hell it’s been 20yrs. Post ur pics HB…so we can be judge mental on ur azz! lol

Coccaine is a hell of a drug! lol!

I thought he was on crack but yeah this n!gga looks awful though.

Well…He looks the same except people sang “Happy Birthday to you” 15+ years in a row, tossed the process hair products, and he got his Mike Tyson on…

Mystery solved…

Damn is this what Weed does to you after all this time?

LMAO @ Mzdrea1979 !! You said it before I could!!

maybe HE knocked up Danger..LMFAO

Wow rotglmao!! @ some of these comments…he did look good back in the day, but as I stated in my earlier reply times change, we go through different sh*t, get older and keeping it sexy is’nt easy as well think. Lets just put forth a strong effort in our appearance and health so nobody is asking us 8 to 16 yrs from now ” Damn you was fine back in the day – WTF happened to you? ”

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smh

in pic #3 he was playin in some baby powder 4real lol

Ummmm Hello Beautiful… that was the 90′s, not the 80′s

And crack kills… ashy ass hands Pic #3

He doesn’t look so bad.

Then again..

I don’t know.

HEEYY..ii DONT THiiNK HE LOOKSz THAT BAD, FER HiiM TA BE OLD..NOT OLD, OLD BUT U KNOW…&& ii LOVE HiiS EYESz! HE HAS BEAUTiiFUL EYESz! :)

Damn! I use to be so in LOVE with him! Looks like he’s been experimenting with drugs! WOW….Crack is sooo wack! LOL

WOW I used to love me some him. I heard he was on drugs a while back, looks like that might be true.

he is lookn a lil suspect.. but, he’s been lookn that way for a while! Remember them big azz moon boots..mannnnn

Correction “Hello Beautiful” Jodeci was a 90s group not the 80s get it right.

ROFLMFAO…..@ pic number 3, it looks like he got those illegal butt injections in his lips….WTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!oh my side hurts…so so so funny please someone turn the page can’t stop laughing!!!!

D@me, dat one girl Nemesis said put the crack pipe down sir, lol.
Although I was, and still is a big fan of Jodeci, they had all the luv making songs in the late 80tys & early 90tys.

jodeic came out early 90′s not the 80′s

Heard he was on heroin…..but I still wish the brother well!

that dudes hands are ashy as hell…like he was boxing baby powder…lol

Davante need da get his sh!t da gether, its sad da see dat n!gg@ let his self go like dat.

Is that really him…omg i would have never known and jodeci were a 80′s and early 90′s group ..1st single was out in 88/89 , I had them on Tape no such thing as a cd then lol …

Sitting here hollerin at the comments about his LIPS and HANDS.. Lolllllllllllll Poor fella!

he looks a hot mess and you need to get it together……………

All I can say is damn damn damn he looks a hot mess there is a dead cat on the line….WHY???

Wow!! He looks totally different!!

Man Devante hasn’t been in the spot light for a while! So to be honest with everyone I personally don’t think that he gives a rats a** about how anyone looks at him. You females need to understand that before he was an R&B group star he was a young man trying to find himself, and through that he may have experienced alot of struggles. Even with that being said! He looks as if he still trying to find himself, and through that process he’s not trying to be sex simble, because he’s not supposed to be, but he is trying to become more of a man. F.Y.I. Men are really not supposed to look pretty

the write must be a damn idiot jodeci is from the 90′s

smdh @ 80′s heart throb looks liek somebody else needs to put the crack down

He doesnt look that bad to me… I’ve seen worse! Also, he just looks like hes and average joe now and has been out the business for a while not having a team of stylist to keep him intact.

agreed @ PrimaticLight

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LMAo!!!! Devante looks like a crackhead LMAO!!!1

“Don’t talk, just listen. . . .first of all, I have to be honest with you baby, I lied, when I told you I’d never hit the pipe again. . . ”

“STAAAAAY!!!!”

Not a good look yo!

he use to be so sexy.lol!what happen? ms.visa

Yea lmao I could of sworn he was 4rm the 90′s but still luv him!!! Where’s jodeci

lolololololololololololololololol this nigga look like Pootie Tang!!!!!!

he use to be so fine

He looks like if he smiled for another thirty seconds his ashy lips would have split down the middle. Yall leave him alone so he go sh*t and then toot up. Hard living is fun but leaves a raggedy corpse.

“…There’s one thing you don’t know about me, Joe Rogan… I smoke rocks!” Oh s**t… Devante? You mean that’s not Tyrone Biggums?

Jodeci wasn’t out in the 80′s? They came out in the 90′s . Those drugs must have got to Devante or he been hanging out with Danger. He use to be fine, I don’t know what he was smoking but he needs to leave it alone. I hope Dalvin still looks good cause it would hurt my heart if both Degrate brother’s looked crazy.

Time catches up with everyone. not a big deal.

shiit compared to K Ci and JoJo, he still cant get the business. i dont think he looks all that bad..just dressed what i think is a lil awkward..i thought i was gon see a balding mofo thats obese. he still looks good.

Damn what happened to him lol. what a hot mess. I mean no matter how much u miss success you don’t have to show it. I wouldn’t even take a pic with him, lol

I don’t understand why anybody really cares. If that’s what he wants to do, then so be it.

He’s cracked out lol!!!!!! Not my baby!!!

dude look smoked out for real

OMG! Yeh, he has issues, looking like that. From Famous to infamous. Damn!

ITS A DAMM SHAME THAT SOCIETY TAKES A LOOK AT SOMEONE AND WANTS TO PASS JUDGEMENT ON THEM. WE SPEND TOO MUCH TIME FOCUSING ON ISSUES CONCERNING OTHERS THAT WE QUITE OFTEN NEGLECT REAL ISSUES IN SOCIETY. WHAT ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE THAT LOOK SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE BUT HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES THAT ARE A DETRIMENT TO THEMSELVES AND OTHERS? PERHAPS HE HAS INNER PEACE, PERHAPS THE POLITICS OF THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY HAS GIVEN HIM A SENSE OF BEING YOURSELF AND NOT WHAT OTHERS WANT YOU TO BE. IF WE LET OTHERS DICTATE OUR FATE THEN WHATS THE PURPOSE OF LIVING? DIVERSITY BRINGS UNITY BUT NOT WITHOUT ACCEPTANCE. LET THE MAN BE.

Damn D!!!
My man look like a crackhead… :-(
Real talk! That remind me of Whitney Houston..
Same kind of pictures too.

I guess he wasn’t listening when she said CRACK IS WACK!!

OMG, WHEN I SAY I USE TO LOOOOOVVVVVVEEEEE ME SOME HIM…WTF HAPPENED??

I lovedddddddddddddd devante, Im in shock, disappointed I even looked!!! omg

Is this really a question? Drugs. lol

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!! Dude looks really bad. He was very sexy back then. Im only 20 but I do remember him from jodeci. He may b on drugs. Ew!

I CAN’T BELIEVE I USED TO THINK HE LOOKED GOOD…………………………………………….SMH

Father Time gonna tip toe up and kick err-body in the azz, one day. Just keep on living.

Maybe Father Time will, but come on, the man is only like 40 years old. That’s not old. Dope and hard partying got him.

lmao!! yall are so dayum mean lol…funny sh*t though…

He look like he came out the closet. Dude is mad talented too. Timbaland and Missy used to be jocking him in his studio, now look at him. Dayum shame

Don’t feel bad, sistas… Devante Swing WAS fine as wine back in the day. He looks like he has been on drugs hard. What’s going on with his grill? This is really sad.

JODECI,was the sh!t back in the day.I’m 41 and I remember them all to well.Devante doesn’t look that bad if you ask me.For a 40,or shall I say nearly 40yr old man.If anything they should probably be askin’ what(wtf)happened to K-ci,&Jo Jo.The whole tat’s on the face thing isn’t nothing new.African,Indian and Aztec warrior’s did it thousand’s of year’s ago.It was more widely accepted back then though.Then again that was before “The Man(The Power’s That Be)”Raped everybody culturally!…I just wish they’d make a come back.Devante,himself said it in the beginning of “FEENIN”.All the weed in the world can really mess with you.OH YA IT WAS THE 90′S!!!

wow

That’s the great thing about being an individual you do you. He can dress any way he wants to. Remember Ted Bundy? He wore suits and was a serial killer!!!!!

ITS 90′S HOTTIE YOU STUPID IDIOTS!! HELLO BEAUTIFUL YA’LL SOME RETARDED ASS WRITERS

devante’ swing has muth fukin SWUNG

Well considering he was holding Timberland and Missy-e In “the basement” ( the very short lived basement artist, in which he did nothing with) Thankfully they made it to the light. Apparently he was on some “I am Almighty” s**t. Not to mention the other habits “sniff, sniff” which regardless of when you end it, will always have some effect on ya. Just look at Tevin Campbell. Sad.

he still looks good who knows what went on with him you guys go by the tabloids and who knows they might be wrong so you cant comment on somebody’s life if you dont know about it

They are tryna make a come back. They did something with H-town on you-tube. Go check it out!!

They always showing that pic on music choice and he look worser on there.

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FIYAH BURN GAYS!!!!!!!!

LAVAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!

ALL WHO NUH LIKE IT

SUK YA MADDA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Look unhealthy to me.

F**k all them niggas…wat happened to Mr.Dalvin is the question? For ya’ll that dont know that was the 4th member!!

that dude smoking hella crack!K-ci looks crackish too…real talk

Not trying to be funny, but on the fourth picture, he kinda looks like Static Major. You can’t judge someone because of a picture. He was always thin, anyways.

He looks the same to me just aging a bit. Sad if he is doing drugs, pray for him instead of putting him down.

OMG! He looks horrible. I am just going to pray for him. That is such a sad case. He was such a talented man, and used to be fine as I do not know what.

Devante has BEEN on some other ish since the late 90′s! I remember them(Jodeci) being on some award show back in the day and he just went Bazooka Joe. It was the same time that Whitney was starting to “show out” in public and wild out because she was on the same awards show clownin’. It’s no surprise that he looks the way he looks to me. Actually, at the rate he was going back then, he looks pretty good. I try to steer clear of being negative on folks so all I can say if there is something “extra” going on is GET WELL SOON….

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ANOTHA 1 BITES TH DUST…LOL…JUS SAY NO

Devante looks like “Pootie Tang”!!!

LMAO I COULDNT AGREE MORE WITH OLDSKOOL814…HE LOOKS A HOT MESS LOL

Why???

Jodeci fell off a long time ago. Did you see K-Ci and Jojo on Soultrain awards during tribute to Charlie Wilson?Hot Mess to say the least! I still occassionally play their 90′s hits because good music is timeless but they all have had problems in the years folloing their heyday! What is up with these ridiculous facial tattoos! WHY?

All those babies named after that Hot Mess..

Wow he use to be so Hott and now he is just a Hot Mess!

HE IS SO UNRECOGNIZABLE I’M IN SHOCK!!

YUCK! Can we say CRACKED OUT?!!! Damn!

Hello Beautiful, yall are soo behind. Devante Swing been on that shyt for a really long time now. That nigga was looking cracked out years ago. This aint nuthin new.

SORRY, HE LOOK “DOWN-LOW”….UGHHHH

hmmm remembering this group vaguely,mostly k-ci and jo-jo
INTERVENTION FOR THE ENTIRE GROUP IMMEDIATELY!!!I would hate to see a behind the music on any of these men.by the look of them knuckles,his ars was swimming in powder before arriving to where ever he is.instead of knocking eachother down which is what some of us do best, uuuuhhh let us BOW OUR HEADS and pray….

He looks sick. Fast life does catch up!!!!

He looks like he has no teeth…he was fine now he look like straight garbage

he looks jacked up, like he’s been getting high all these years

Po thang I use to have a crush on him……use to LOL

Is that Dave Chapelle Oh my bad just his lil bro praying for this lil guy :)

Oh well…he still have pretty eyes.

Jodeci actually released their 1st single in either 1988 or 1989. I believe it was 1988 … can’t remember the name of the song, but know the words because the radio station played it out.

Here We Go, “So you’re having my baby and it means so much to me. There’s nothing more important than to raise a family….”

Was that song titled, “Forever My Lady?”

…Anyway Devante was fine–heard he was an alcoholic now. In one of the pictures ( I believe the 1st one) it looks like he has a bottle of Liquor in his hand.

crack is a hell of a drug!

That is a damn sham….That brother back in the day was fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!,but using those drugs is no joke….Get off da drugs devante

OMG! I used to have such a crush on him back in the day… Damn he look a hott mess now- thats sad…

For someone who was so fine back in the days man he just let himeself go.

[...] is giving Jodeci’s Devante Swing some serious competition right now and we all know Devante looks a hot mess right now. WTF happened [...]

wow…

Devante Swing looks like Devanta Swung now…lol ( no homo)

Yall need to stop talking half of yall dont look better then what he looks now all he need is tat removed, hair back to fade, and leave alcohol and stuff alone and he’ll be fine…but he aint looking that bad hope he come out with another jodsci album keep ya guards up Devante forget these 2faced ppl…

LOL. More like Devante “I Got Swung On.”