ABOUT:

DWAYNE IS FROM DETROIT WHERE HE WAS RAISED AS AN ONLY CHILD BY A SINGLE MOM. TO THIS DAY, HE CONSIDERS HIS MOM A SUPERHERO FOR ALL OF HER SACRIFICES TO PROVIDE FOR HIM. THROUGHOUT HIS CHILDHOOD, MUSIC WAS ONE OF HIS INTERESTS, BUT IT WASN’T UNTIL DWAYNE LANDED HIS FIRST SOLO IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. AFTER CRUSHING A BRUNO MARS TRACK IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE SCHOOL, HE SAW THEIR REACTION — AND IT MADE HIM WANT TO PURSUE MUSIC FOR A CAREER ONE DAY. THESE DAYS, DWAYNE’S MUSIC CONSISTS OF A BLEND OF R&B, SOUL AND POP, AS WELL AS GOSPEL. BEYONCE AND MICHAEL JACKSON ARE HIS IDOLS — ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THEY BOTH STARTED OFF IN BANDS AND BUILT THEMSELVES UP TO BECOME STRONG SOLOISTS OVER TIME. WHEN IT’S ALL SAID AND DONE, DWAYNE WANTS TO PUT ON FOR THE CITY OF DETROIT AND INSPIRE OTHER KIDS LIKE HIM TO PURSUE THEIR DREAMS. HIS FAVORITE BANDS INCLUDE BTS, ONE DIRECTION, THE JONAS BROS AND PENTATONIX.