DeWayne Crocker, Jr., is a college sophomore hailing from Pensacola, Florida. Having acquired most of his notoriety from viral social media videos with his friends (YouTube and Facebook) which have received more than 15 million views worldwide, DeWayne first started singing as a child in the church. In 2015, DeWayne was presented with an opportunity to share his God-given talent with a nationwide audience when he auditioned and was selected for Black Entertainment Television’s “Sunday Best: Race to the Stage” show. He was one of more than 15,000 applicants from across the United States to submit a video to the competition. DeWayne’s soul-stirring rendition of “Precious Lord” garnered him a spot among 10 finalists where he was the youngest, and after an intense three-week battle between those finalists, hosted on BET.com, DeWayne was crowned the winner of the “Sunday Best: Race to the Stage” competition and made his national television debut on the Sunday Best's season finale on August