Dwayne Wayne

Dwayne Cleophus Wayne is a fictional character from the 1980's Black sitcom "A Different World", a spinoff from "The Cosby Show". He was portrayed by Kadeem Hardison.

Character history

Dwayne was known for his flip-up glasses and his flirting with girls on the college campus. He was a student, tutor, and teacher all through the series of "A Different World". He was also a major in mathematics. In the first season, he was in love with sophomore Denise Huxtable, who was portrayed by Lisa Bonet. By the second season, he wanted to enter a serious relationship with Suzanne, the daughter of "Dr. War", better known as Col. Taylor (Glynn Turman). Suzanne ended the relationship because she was not ready for a serious commitment. Then Dwayne started to fall for Whitley, but stopped pursuing her after the third season when she seemed uninterested. By the fourth season, Dwayne had fallen in love with Kinu Owens who was portrayed by Alisa Gyse Dickens. The relationship ended when Kinu realized that he was still in love with Whitley Gilbert. Also, Dwayne had proposed to Whitley. In the beginning of the fifth season, Dwayne became a teacher in calculus, but the students put a mutiny out on him because of his strict rules. Whitley was beginning to put too much pressure on Dwayne. Dwayne decided to have a coffee date with Lisa Westin (Debbi Morgan). His honesty made him confess the truth to Whitley. Whitley was heartbroken and broke the engagement. By the end of this season, Whitley had fallen in love with Byron Douglass, portrayed by Joe Morton. Dwayne became jealous of their whirlwind romance, and spent the night with Whitley. When Byron proposed to Whitley, who still was in love with Dwayne secretly; Dwayne felt crestfallen. At the wedding, Dwayne and Whitley could not hold the pressure anymore and pushed Byron out of the picture and got married. In the sixth season, Dwayne and Whitley told of their horrifying honeymoon, experiencing the 1992 Los Angeles riots in Los Angeles. At the end of the series, Dwayne got a new job in Tokyo, and decided to move with a now-pregnant Whitley.

Pop Culture References

Dwayne Wayne was mentioned in rapper Lil' Wayne's song "Sky Is the Limit" as he spits "I'm probably in the sky flyin' with the fishes or maybe in the ocean swimmin' with the pigeons, see my world is different like Dwayne Wayne's, and if you want trouble bitch I want the same thing." It featured on Lil Wayne's mixtape, "Da Drought 3," released in 2006.

He's also mentioned in Kanye West's song "The Glory," where the rapper states "in two years Dwayne Wayne became Dwyane Wade."

Kid Rock also mention him in his song "Sugar"(Album:Rock N Roll Jesus [October 9, 2007] ) where he says "I'm not Dwayne Wayne But that's what's happening I'm back in black and if u have to ask You can kiss my Anglo-Saxon *** Now who's gonna give me some sugar tonight."