11 Facts About Devo Harris

The cousin of American rapper Kanye West, Harris discovered and led American singer John Legend to sign with West's label, GOOD Music in 2003.

Devo Harris extensively contributed to Legend's debut Get Lifted and subsequent albums, along with releases for other artists including Nas, Britney Spears, Aretha Franklin, Ol' Dirty Bastard, and the Last Poets.

Devo Harris earned his BS in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Devo Harris graduated high school from The Pembroke Hill School in Kansas City, Missouri, and then attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Devo Harris eventually signed Legend to the label in 2003 and managed his project.

Devo Harris then earned an MBA degree from Columbia Business School.

Devo Harris's influences include Stevie Wonder, The Doors, Michael Jackson, Rick Rubin, Timbaland, and Dr Dre.

Devo Harris has appeared on MTV Base, BET Style, and VH1 and was a featured guest DJ on BET's Rap City while DJing internationally from Turkey to Japan and Africa.

Devo Harris co-wrote the tracks "Lullaby" and "Let's Go" with Britney Spears and Tom Craskey.

In 2008, Devo Harris collaborated with John Legend on "If You're Out There" which appears in John Legend's third studio album Evolver.

In 2010, Devo Harris created an interactive music video, "Attack of the 5 foot Hipster", by US band Riot In Paris, which debuted on UniverseCity blog and was noted as the first interactive choose-your-own-adventure music video in the US After graduating from Columbia Business School in 2011, Devo Harris started his career in technology by teaching himself to code and launched Red Ochre Inc in 2014.