Dwayne Wiggins was born in Oakland, California; specifically in the Lower Bottoms neighborhood of West Oakland.
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11 Facts About Dwayne Wiggins
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Dwayne Wiggins was raised in East Oakland, where he attended Castlemont High School.
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Just before the group disbanded in 1996, Dwayne Wiggins established Grass Roots Entertainment located in his West Oakland recording studio, “House of Music”.
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Also in 1995, D'wayne Dwayne Wiggins developed and signed Destiny's Child to Grass Roots Entertainment.
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Dwayne Wiggins worked with artist Keyshia Cole, who resided in the “House of Music” from 1999 to 2001.
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Dwayne Wiggins worked with Laurnea of Arrested Development on her release Laurnea II and collaborated with Jody Watley.
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Dwayne Wiggins released first solo project with Motown Records, Eyes Never Lie, in 2000 featuring collaborations with Darius Rucker of Hootie and the Blowfish, Jamie Foxx and Carlos Santana.
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Dwayne Wiggins worked with the pioneers of what is known as Oakland's “Hyphy” movement on such projects as: Too Short's How Does It Feel and Hoochie; Messy Marv's Blades; and The Coup's Pick A Bigger Weapon album released in 2006.
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Dwayne Wiggins formed the group Kenya Gruv performing Top Of The World the original movie soundtrack Menace II Society.
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In 2003, Dwayne Wiggins went into the studio to work with platinum artist Alicia Keys.
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D'wayne Dwayne Wiggins co-produced another track on the album and performed the sitar, If I Was Your Woman, winning him a Grammy for production.
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