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    Wanya Morris

    1973-07-29 (51 years old) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Wanyá Jermaine Morris (born July 29, 1973) is an American singer, best known as a member of the R&B group Boyz II Men. He competed on the twenty-second season of Dancing with the Stars. In 1987, Morris, who sang in the school's choir along with the members of Boyz II Men (then called Unique Attraction), joined the group and became a permanent member as a freshman. After signing to Motown in 1991, they released their debut album, Cooleyhighharmony. Boyz II Men would quickly start to climb music charts with songs such as "I'll Make Love to You" (1994) and "Water Runs Dry" (1995). In 1996, the group released the single "One Sweet Day" with Mariah Carey. Boyz II Men are best known for their vocal harmonies. Morris sings tenor vocals in the group. After the success of "I'll Make Love to You", the same year, Morris appeared in the group Black Men United, performing with Boyz II Men for the single "U Will Know", which originally featured on the Jason's Lyric soundtrack written by future neo soul musician D'Angelo and produced by Brian McKnight. Morris was announced as one of the celebrities who would compete on season 22 of Dancing with the Stars on March 8, 2016. He was partnered with professional dancer Lindsay Arnold. Morris and Arnold made it to the semifinals of the show, but were then eliminated and finished the competition in fourth place overall, despite having the highest accumulative average at the time of their elimination. Additional television and film appearances include: the music documentary film Happy on the Ground (2013), The Odd Couple (2016), Whose Line is it Anyway? (2017), Hollywood Darlings (2017), To Tell the Truth (2017), Long Shot (2019) and Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (2021). Morris appeared in the Christmas special, A Very Boy Band Holiday, in December 2021. He also performed during I Can See Your Voice in March 2022. Morris married Traci Nash in 2002. They have six children together, including four sons who are in a R&B boy band called WanMor, and two daughters. Morris married Amber Reyes in 2019 without being legally divorced from Traci. Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Boyz II Men member Shawn Stockman attended the wedding. Source: Article "Wanya Morris" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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    A Very Boy Band Holiday
    0 %|Dec 6, 2021
    Music
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    Long Shot
    67.30000000000001 %|May 2, 2019
    Comedy, Romance
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    VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul
    0 %|Dec 19, 2011
    Music
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    Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
    52 %|Feb 11, 2011
    Music, Documentary, Family
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    Uninvited Guest
    58 %|Jun 1, 1999
    Thriller
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    Michael Jackson's Scream: HIStory in the Making
    0 %|Jun 14, 1995
    Documentary, TV Movie
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    A Cool Like That Christmas
    95 %|Dec 23, 1993
    Animation, Comedy

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    Barmageddon
    60 %|Dec 5, 2022
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    This Is Pop
    57.33 %|Mar 6, 2021
    Documentary
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    I Can See Your Voice
    74 %|Sep 23, 2020
    Reality
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    Drop the Mic
    62.5 %|Oct 24, 2017
    Reality, Comedy
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    The Jellies
    52 %|Oct 22, 2017
    Animation, Comedy
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    Marlon
    66 %|Aug 16, 2017
    Comedy, Drama
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    Carpool Karaoke: The Series
    59 %|Aug 8, 2017
    Comedy
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    To Tell the Truth
    60 %|Jun 14, 2016
    Comedy
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    The Odd Couple
    59 %|Feb 19, 2015
    Comedy, Family
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    black-ish
    72.28 %|Sep 24, 2014
    Comedy
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    Whose Line Is It Anyway?
    77.22 %|Jul 16, 2013
    Reality, Comedy
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    How I Met Your Mother
    82 %|Sep 19, 2005
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    Dancing with the Stars
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    The Tony Danza Show
    61 %|Sep 13, 2004
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    10 Things Every Guy Should Experience
    100 %|Feb 2, 2004
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    CMT Crossroads
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    MADtv
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    New York Undercover
    71.56 %|Sep 8, 1994
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    Comedy
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    Out All Night
    85 %|Sep 19, 1992
    Comedy
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    The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
    79.42 %|Sep 10, 1990
    Comedy, Family
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    Le monde est à vous
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    Talk
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    MTV Video Music Awards
    75 %|Sep 14, 1984
    Documentary
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    Saturday Night Live
    69.36 %|Oct 11, 1975
    Comedy, News