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Dev

American singer, songwriter, actress and model

PersonAge 37humanQ232197

Also known as Devin Tailes · Devin Star Tailes

Born: July 2, 1989
Birthplace: Tracy
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: singer-songwriter
, musician
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, singer
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Education: Sierra High School
, San Joaquin Delta College
Languages spoken, written or signed: English

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Devin Star Tailes, known professionally as Dev, is an American singer and songwriter. She was discovered by the Cataracs and record label Indie-Pop via Myspace after Dev's friend posted a video of her singing. Dev's song "Booty Bounce" was sampled on Far East Movement's hit single "Like a G6", which reached number one in the US and sold over four million downloads in the country.

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Sex or gender: female
Website: devescaliente.com
Genre: pop music
hip-hop
Label: Universal Records
Discography: Dev discography
Field of work: music composing
Instrument: voice
Start of work period: 2009
Voice type: mezzo-soprano
Birth name: Devin Star Tailes
Social media followers: 103,379(February 5, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 30420026
105,679(January 8, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 30420026
110,000(January 2, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 30420026
113,929(April 19, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 30420026
Given name: Devin

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