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Ginuwine in 2009, Featureflash / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Elgin Baylor Lumpkin
Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., U.S.
Date of Birth: October 15, 1970
Ethnicity: African-American
Ginuwine is an American R&B singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor. He is also known as Tornado.
His birth names are after professional basketball player Elgin Baylor. His mother’s name is Sandra. He was partly raised in Forestville, Maryland. Ginuwine has seven children, including two with his former wife, rapper Tonya M. Johnston, Solé.
Ginuwine’s paternal grandparents likely were named James A. Lumpkin and Lucy Means.