Devo Harris

DeVon "Devo" Harris (born December 9, 1977), also known as Devo Springsteen, is an American record producer, songwriter, and DJ. 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. Harris extensively contributed to Legend's debut Get Lifted (2004) and subsequent albums, along with releases for other artists including Nas, Britney Spears, Aretha Franklin, Ol' Dirty Bastard, and the Last Poets. For his production on West's 2005 single "Diamonds from Sierra Leone", Harris won the Best Rap Song honor at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards. Devo earned his BS in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. After earning his Master of Business Administration degree from Columbia Business School in 2011, Harris has since shifted focus onto technology and media proprietorship. Harris grew up in the U.S. and Germany. Both of his parents were in the U.S. Army. He graduated high school from The Pembroke Hill School in Kansas City, Missouri, and then attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. At Penn, he wrestled, played football, and DJed at local radio stations WPPR and WQHS FM.