D'wayne Wiggins (born February 14, 1963) in "Lower Bottom" West Oakland and raised in East Oakland, Oakland, CA where he attended Castlemont High School.

D'wayne Wiggins is the founding member of Tony! Toni! Toné!. The group made no less then 14 Billboard charting R&B singles, including five number one hits, three Top Ten Pop singles, one gold album, two platinum albums and one double platinum album. They sold over six million albums during their career together and toured internationally from 1998 through 2008.
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Just before the group disbanded in 1996, D'wayne Wiggins established Grass Roots Entertainment located in his West Oakland, Oakland, California recording studio, “House of Music”. Also in 1995, D’wayne Wiggins developed and signed Destiny’s Child to Grass Roots Entertainment. The group went on to become a powerhouse of female performers and the best-selling girl group of all time. He worked with the group through three albums, which have collectively sold more then 15 million copies. He also worked with artist Keyshia Cole, who resided in the “House of Music” from 1999-2001. Keyshia Cole was mentored and received guidance from D’wayne Wiggins during that time and went on to sign with A&M Records. He also worked with Laurnea of Arrested Development on her release Laurnea II and collaborated with Jody Watley. His “House of Music” was patronized by artists such as Alicia Keys, Beyonce Knowles, India Arie, Keyshia Cole, Jamie Foxx, Eddie Money and producer Scott Storch.
D’wayne 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. This album contributed to the foundation of the Neo Soul genre.

D'wayne Wiggins also 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. You can find Wiggins guitar skills and vocals on Ludacris ’s Splash Waterfalls Remix. He formed the group Kenya Gruv performing Top Of The World the original movie soundtrack Menace II Society.

In 2003, D'wayne Wiggins went into the studio to work with platinum artist Alicia Keys. The title track single Diary, made Top Ten on the Billboard charts as well as the album going platinum and winning four Grammy Awards in 2005. D'wayne Wiggins co-produced another track on the album and performed the sitar, If I Was Your Woman, winning him a Grammy for production. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.