DWayne Wiggins, a founding member of the hitmaking R&B trioTony!
Tone!, died Friday of cancer at his home in Oakland, CA.
Over the past year, he has been privately and courageously battling bladder cancer.
Tony! Toni! Toné! in 1993 and D’Wayne WigginsGetty Images
in 1986 with his younger brother Raphael Saddiq ne Charles Ray Wiggins and their cousin Timothy Christian in Oakland.
It was the first of a dozen Top 10 R&B hits for Tony!
through 1996, five of which hit No.
The group was equally adept with dancefloor fodder and gentle ballads.
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After several quiet years, Tony!
re-emerged in 2003 and appeared on Alicia Keys Top 10 2004 hit Diary, sans Saadiq.
But he rejoined the group for a 2023 reunion tour.
He was a guitarist, producer, composer, philanthropist, mentor and founding member of Tony!
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