Trey Songz facts: 16 things you didn't know but really should

1. An alleged sex tape involving Trey Songz leaked online in February 2021.

At the start February 2021, a sex tape allegedly involving Trey Songz and an unidentified woman leaked online. The leak resulted in a Twitter frenzy and the singer began trending on the platform. At the time of writing, Songz is yet to respond to the alleged leak. Picture: Getty

2. Trey Songz has one child, a son called Noah.

Trey Songz confirmed the birth of his son Noah in May 2019, much to the surprise of his fans. "We are blessed and overjoyed. Peace," he captioned a picture of his newborn baby boy on Instagram. Credit: Getty/Instagram

3. Trey Songz real name is Tremaine Aldon Neverson.

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4. Trey Songz released music under the name 'Prince Of Virginia' in his early days

Whilst recording his debut album Gotta Make It in 2004, Trey released multiple mixtapes as Prince Of Virginia. The most notorious song off one of the mixtapes was Open The Closet' a response to R Kelly's Trapped In The Closet – the single helped get Trey on the map.

5. Where did the name 'Trey Songz' come from?

It's as simple as it sounds, producers use to label his demos 'Trey's Songs.'

6. Trey has said his album Ready was made for "Strategic" and "commercial" reasons.

After finding only moderate success with his first two albums, Trey Songz had a bigger plan for the third: "Ready is a more commercial album. It's more an album that was strategically done for trying to attain a spot for myself. I didn't have my place in the game before Ready… It was strategic from the single placement to the songs I sang. I probably wouldn't record some of those songs had I not needed relevant radio play."

7. To date, Trey songz has made a guest appearance on over 75 songs.

And that's just guest appearances – not even the songs he lead or featured on. Some artist he worked with include; 2Pac, Dr Dre, Rick Ross, Chris Brown, Nelly, T.I and Busta Rhymes.

8. Trey Songz has founded the charity Angels With Heart

In 2010 Trey Songz founded the foundation Angels With Heart. He uses it to call upon fans, who he refers to as 'Trey's Angels,' to give back random acts of kindness by donating their times and efforts to support local communities.

9. Trey Songz has appeared on 10 songs with Drake.

Just some include Replacement Girl, Missing You and Give Ya – Trey once said of Drake in an interview: "For two young men going through the same thing in life right now as far as woman, as far money and endorsements, shows, records popularity is definitely cool to have somebody to talk to".

10. Trey Songz has never won a Grammy.

He's been nominated for three between 2008 and 2013, but his awards cupboard is looking pretty bare for a singer so successful and so well respected in the industry.

11. Trey Songz has starred in three films.

The first was in 2010 in a film called 'Preacher's Kid,' in the second he appeared alongside Christina Milian and Paula Patton in the 103 film 'Baggage Claim,' and that same year he played Ryan in 'Texas Chainsaw 3D.' Picture: Instagram

12. Trey's biggest musical influence in D'Angelo.

The Brown Sugar singer has since performed alongside Trey Songz at festivals… Once an idol, now a peer. Picture: Instagram

13. Before becoming a singer, Trey Songz trained to be a barber.

At age 17 he dropped out of school early and began training to be a barber. The singer recalled friends lining up at his house before prom to get their hair done, lucky for us the profession didn't work out. Picture: Instagram

14. What will you find in his dressing room?

Skittles and starburst, apparently. The singer says he also has a lot of candles and a humidifier for his voice. Picture: Instagram

15. When Trey Songz was 17 he won a contest to sing with Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin has since appeared on Trey's track Gotta Make It (Remix) and the two have performed alongside each other at the 2012 Essence Music Festival. Picture: Facebook

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