Devonté Hynes
Lightspeed Champion
6Roles★ 6Average rating
Emerging from Ilford in East London to a Guyanese mother and a Sierra Leone Creole father, Dev Hynes honed his craft at Chadwell Heath Academy before joining the dance-punk outfit Test Icicles, where he contributed guitar, synth and occasional vocals and recorded a full-length album in 2005. Relocating to New York City in 2007, he adopted the monikers Lightspeed Champion and later Blood Orange, re…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources