Ne-Yo Finally Tied The Knot With His Longtime Partner

The happy couple – who are expecting their first son together this month – pulled out all the stops for their glamorous ceremony, which overlooked the Pacific Ocean. NE-YO and Renay chose a venue an hour outside of Los Angeles because they wanted the feel of a destination without the travel. Newlyweds NE-YO and Crystal Renay tied the knot in a gorgeous, oceanside ceremony Saturday, and their love story leading up to the big day was a whirlwind.

NE-YO and Renay, a model, first met when he was putting together his 2015 album Non-Fiction.The pair started dating about two weeks later, and: “It’s pretty much been bliss ever since then, I can’t lie,” says NE-YO.

When it came time to pop the question, NE-YO was unprepared, and his proposal was completely impromptu.  “Well, the proposal was kind of funny,” says Renay, recalling the moment in January 2015, after celebrating the night of his album release.

“We were in the hotel room, and and we were talking: ‘I love you, I can’t live without you,’ that kind of thing. And I was just like, ‘Well, why don’t you f—ing marry me, then?’ and he was like, ‘I don’t have a ring,’ and I was like, ‘Do I look like the type of girl that needs a ring to get proposed to?'” Renay adds.

So, “He got down on his knees, and I was like, ‘Don’t f— this up!’ And then he proposed, and we’ve been on our way to marriage ever since then. it was great; it was amazing.”