- Duane West
Duane "D" West (b.
September 30 ,1965 inNewark, New Jersey ) is an Americanmotivational speaker ,television personality ,author , andentrepreneur .West is best known for his appearances on the daytime talk show "Maury" in which he persuades troubled adolescents and abusive men to change their behavior.
West is also a
1991 graduate ofRutgers University and holds a Bachelor of Science degree inpsychology .He has a wife whom he married in
1994 . Together they have a son who was born in1996 .In
2007 , West hosted aBET program, "Got To Do Better", looking at common social problems faced byAfrican Americans .
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