72 Hours From Hell: How Justine Skye Exposed Giveon, Exposing the Lying Face of the “Prince of Heartbreak” Singer

In 2020, a baritone with a warm, romantic voice like honey conquered the hearts of millions of R&B music lovers. That was Giveon Desmond Evans. With his soulful love songs like Heartbreak Anniversary or Like I Want You , he quickly became a new symbol of hurt and heartbreak in love. The public honored him as the “Prince of Broken Hearts,” who used his voice to soothe broken hearts.

However, as a bitter irony of fate, it was the man who sang about pain who caused it. The love story between Giveon and singer and model Justine Skye did not end with a sad ballad, but with a public, intense, and fully documented livestream, the most shocking detail of which was the 72 hours of hell when Justine Skye secretly held Giveon’s phone, watching her lover cheat… LIVE.

No one can look at R&B Star Giveon the same way now. The contrast between his vulnerable stage persona and his real life—a man who arranges secret dates and plans lies—has exposed the dark side of showbiz fame and love.

Chapter 1: From “Mr. Miyagi” and the Lobster Suit

To understand Giveon’s contradictions, it’s important to look back at his roots. Giveon Desmond Evans was born on February 21, 1995, in Long Beach, California. He grew up with the love of a single mother who worked the 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. night shift as a nurse. Life was short on material things, but not short on music. His mother had a peculiar habit: she always played sad R&B, which Giveon described as “black woman breakup music,” by artists like Mary J. Blige and Anita Baker, whenever she cleaned the house.

His mother recognized his son’s unique voice early on. To hone it, she forced him to sing Happy Birthday at every family birthday party. Young Giveon did this for years, honing his vocal skills without even realizing it. He called his mother “Mr. Miyagi,” who coached him unconsciously.

As he reached puberty, however, Giveon’s voice changed, becoming deeper and richer—a rare baritone. He lost confidence, thinking his voice was “weird.” The turning point came when his mother enrolled him in the music education program at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles. There, Giveon discovered Frank Sinatra, the great baritone singer. He realized his voice wasn’t weird, but unique. Giveon combined Frank Ocean’s storytelling with Miguel’s smoothness and Sinatra’s voice to create a unique R&B style.

He soon released an EP around 2013, but quickly scrapped it, realizing he wasn’t ready. He needed to live, to experience the pain he would later sing about. So, while he was trying to find his sound, Giveon took a ridiculous job: being the mascot at Bubba Gump Shrimp restaurant.

“I was a server and I had to wear a lobster suit,” he recalls. His job involved going around quizzing customers on Forest Gump trivia questions . Giveon did this for years, until one day he couldn’t take it anymore and decided to quit immediately. After walking dogs for a living, he searched YouTube, studied great artists, and eventually created Like I Want You . The track took social media by storm, landing him a deal with Epic Records, but his real breakthrough came with Drake’s 2020 Chicago Freestyle . His vocals were mistaken for Snoh ​​Aalegra, but once the truth was revealed, Giveon was officially a national star.

Chapter 2: Operation “CIA Secret Agent” and the Perfect Lie

Things started to get messy when Giveon started dating Justine Skye. They were in a relationship for 14 months and even lived together. Justine said she believed their relationship was fine. Until December 2021, when she unexpectedly got a call from Giveon.

Instead of confronting him immediately, Justine went on what she describes as a “CIA mission.” For 72 hours , she kept her lover’s phone and quietly monitored his every move while he was away.

Day 1: She watched him text other women as soon as he hung up the phone with her. He told her to go to bed early and get some rest for the Atlanta show, but then he was texting other girls right away. Justine had to try to stay calm, playing the loving girlfriend while watching his betrayal unfold.
Day 2: More texts, more lies. Justine waited for physical proof, a concrete encounter.
Day 3: Everything fell apart. A girl texted Giveon, asking him to meet her at his hotel that night. Justine turned on FaceTime with three friends on her computer, holding his phone in one hand and hers in the other.

While Justine was doing her “mission”, Giveon called her, still playing the role of a caring lover: “Honey, what are you doing? I’m at this restaurant, I don’t know what to order.” He lied that he was going out with friends, even had the opportunity to confess, but he continued to deceive.

Finally, the other girl texted, “I’m here.” Justine called Giveon, but he didn’t answer. When he called back, instead of apologizing, he immediately turned to psychological manipulation: “Why are you acting like that? Your friends are stupid, they’re lying. I just left the party.” He even declared, “I’m bored, you’re over.”

Justine ended things by sending him a photo of his own phone in her hand, the screen showing messages of him and his friends plotting lies. Silence. Complete silence. Giveon realized the game was up.

Chapter 3: Warnings in Music and 1000 Days of “Regret”

Giveon’s response to the revelation was not an apology. Instead, he texted, “Are you trying to destroy me? Did you tell everyone?” This statement proved his psychological manipulation and dishonest nature. Justine Skye stated during the livestream, “People like that never last.”

After the scandal, Giveon kept quiet and disappeared for a while. When he returned, he spent 1,000 days working on his album Beloved . When he reflected on the process in 2024, he explained that there were times when life was too good for him to want to sit in front of a microphone for 10 hours. But then he said something prophetic: “She’s my future muse. Even when things were going well, I was like, ‘Let’s see how this goes.’”

Clearly, in Giveon’s mind, every relationship is musical material, a song waiting to be written. He started Beloved while in a relationship and ended it while single. All the pain, regret, and heartbreak on this album is a document of what happened after Justine Skye.

Songs like “Keeper” (about keeping secrets) and “Rather Be” (about accepting flaws) reflect his struggles. Most notably, ” Trying to Be .” In this song, Giveon bluntly warns a woman that he might cheat on her. He says it’s a warning, because “I haven’t done anything yet, but there’s a possibility…” Ironically, the public sings this song during his concerts.

Today, Giveon is estimated to have a net worth of $2 million to $4 million—a huge number compared to his lobster-suit days. He’s still single, wary of relationships, especially with women who drink tequila. He jokes that he keeps his friends in the dark, keeping a “vault” of secrets, except for his own infidelity, where “the vault is leaking.”

The golden voice of R&B didn’t disappear. It just took him 1,000 days to face the truth, to turn lies and betrayals into deep sad songs. But until today, after all the lyrics of love and regret, the public is still haunted by the image of the sweet singer, whose true face was exposed through 72 hours of phone monitoring: a musical genius, a perfect liar, and a man who only knows how to ask “Are you trying to destroy me?” instead of saying sorry.