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Keenan Ivory Wayans was born on June 8, 1958, in New York City.

He went to Seward Park High School located in NYC. Wayans obtained his High School diploma in 1976. He attended classes at Tuskegee University in Alabama once he received his engineering-grant award. When Wayans went back to New York, he opted out of college during his fourth year to proceed with his career as a comedian. Throughout Wayans’s standup performance at the urban area, he only observed minor accomplishments in comedy.

In 1980, Wayans relocated to LA to operate in filmmaking and TV performance.  

Wayans had the ability to procure minor components upon several television episodes and cinemas during the 1980s. Once he encountered Eddie Murphy – a comical actor, his profession skyrocketed, and they eventually built a friendship. Wayans assisted with writing and distributing the 1987 clip, “Eddie Murphy: Raw” in 1987. This demonstrated Murphy playing a role of his standup comic procedure among the crowd.

The production boosted Wayans’s profession. Wayans facilitated with writing the film script titled “Hollywood Shuffle.” This play was for satiric drollery. The storyline covers the stereotypical matters on Afro-American casts. Once the film turned into an instantaneous smash, Wayans, and Robert Townsend – the head performer – got on the limelight.

Wayans produced his filmmaking titled, “I’m Gonna Git You Sucka.” This burlesqued black-exploitation clip upon the 1970s and 80s. The film was Wayans’s introduction as a manager. It highlighted many of his relatives among the individuals Wayans will work with on additional enterprise in the long run.

The TV meshes, Fox permitted Wayans to establish his own diversified episode, “In Living Color” in 1990. Wayans played a role as the emcee for the episode above all. He has become well-known upon his recognition in societal analysis and witticism.

The TV episode made victory on a Primetime Emmy Award for excellent versatility, melody, and farce sequences in 1990.