I assume this is the same person how commented just above me. . . .
And in response, I was not downing the man and it's not a matter of perfection, it's more or less a matter of integrity.
Don't lie about your age. How childish is that? Does he have some insecure feeling that people will not except him as a grown man damn near in his 30's? Why play continue to play into the hiphop and R&B hype that you have to be young to be any good.
Ne-yo can sing, write, dance, and act. That's amazing on it's on that one person can have such talent, but to stoop so low and say you are younger than you really are in a sad and seemingly sadistic attempt to appeal to fans is ludicrous.
It's sad when the music industry of hip hop and R&B feel we need youngsters to look up to musically instead of grown mature adults.