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About Me

Growing up on the West side of Baltimore wasn't easy for Dawan Owens. As a result of his parents' divorce, Dawan was forced to assert his independence at a very early age. In fact, by the time he was in the second grade, he was routinely catching a bus across town all by himself. Dawan quickly learned that he had to find creative ways to deal with the everyday struggles of growing up in West Baltimore. "I wasn't a fighter, so I tried to crack jokes to make people forget that they wanted to beat me up. If that didn't work I gave away packs of Now and Laters (had to be Apple) in exchange for keeping my life."
Vowing that she would not let her son get caught up with the gangs and violence plaguing their community, Dawan's mother moved him and his older sister to the suburbs of Baltimore County (the summer before he entered junior high). "I went from a school that was 99% black to a school that was 98% JewishYou should have seen their faces the first day of school. They had a look on their faces like WOW, we may actually win some basketball games this year. "
A stand-out on his high school football and baseball teams, Dawan walked on to the University of Pittsburgh's football team, and later joined their baseball team. "When people ask me if I played football in college, I ask them to define what they mean by 'play.' If playing means being on the team, then oh yeah, I played. But if by 'play', they mean participation in an actual intercollegiate athletic event - if they want to get all technical - I plead the fifth."
After graduating from Pitt, Dawan began working in Corporate America for an IT consulting firms. But he soon realized that comedy was his true calling, so he decided to pick up a mic and go after his dream.
Since then, standing at six feet four inches, Dawan for some reason has never had a problem commanding an audience's attention. Dawan's comedy is a blend of clean, clever observations, political incorrectness and downright silliness, but no matter the topic, Dawan delivers it with a confidence that makes it almost impossible not to enjoy.

My Interests

Standup, Sports, socializing, traveling, music, people watching, etc...

I'd like to meet:

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Manswers - Season 1 - Samurai Swords vs. Bullets

Christina Milian, All My Heroes (well I already know my momma), George Bush (on the playground)

Music:

Hip Hop, Rap, Reggae, Alternative, Reggaeton, R&B, Hindi Music

Movies:

Coming to America, Fight Club, Momento, Half Baked

Television:

The Wire, Weeds, Heroes, The Office, History Channel, 30 Rock, Martin, Cold Case, Run's House, History Channel, College Football/Basketball

Books:

Restoring Hope

Heroes:

Dick Gregory, Cornell West, MLK, My Momma,

My Blog

Manswers Season 1 Clip

Here is a clip from the show Manswers I did like a year ago now airing on SpikeTV. .. Manswers - Season 1 - Samurai Swords vs. Bullets...
Posted by Dawan Owens on Wed, 28 May 2008 04:32:00 PST

Craigslist...You made my day!!!!

So today I was skimming the Craigslist classifieds trying to see what others were selling there stuff for, like desk and tvs, when I came across the following post: I Would Like All of My T-Shirts bac...
Posted by Dawan Owens on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 05:48:00 PST

Making The Band

Ok so I need to take this public because people think I really be joking. I need to set some things straight for the sake of the group. I don't know if you watched us on Making the Band last nigh...
Posted by Dawan Owens on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:05:00 PST

Tell me whats wrong with this picture

This is an audition I got called in for the other day. Can anyone guess why I told my agent hell no? ...
Posted by Dawan Owens on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:53:00 PST

Tell them why you mad son!!!

This is probably the funniest "serious" comment I have ever received on my page. GJeff's Comment:"CALI....WHAT THE FUK!!!What the fuk just happened..Obama's the real deal and yall mofukas is slackin....
Posted by Dawan Owens on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:35:00 PST

Did Dawan do a music video?!!?!!!

Yessirrrr. I decided to step out side the box and do a music video. ha ha. Its just funny to me but I'm not really sure why. Anyway, it was for a dope Mc by the name of Murs who just signed to Warner ...
Posted by Dawan Owens on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:08:00 PST

Can you repeat the racist part?

Most of the people that know me know that I stay on CNN.com like thugs stay on the block. Ok maybe not that much&it just sounded 'hard' in my head. Here is an excerpt from an article I came across tod...
Posted by Dawan Owens on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 02:36:00 PST

I think Ill pray these words tonight...

You all know I play and joke around a lot but sometimes I need to take a knee, bow my head and tell him...Thanks for the words L Boggie Let me be patient let me be kindMake me unselfish without being ...
Posted by Dawan Owens on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:28:00 PST

And I Dont Need No Title for this ISH!!!! Check out my Jay-Z article on MTVNews.com

Hey Pham,I had the pleasure of seeing Jay-Z perform at his first stop on the American Gangster tour last night. It was an even bigger pleasure to be asked to write a blog about my experience for MTV N...
Posted by Dawan Owens on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 01:57:00 PST

You just going to jack me for my stuff?

After about 6 months I finally had a chance to make it back to the B-more streets to see my family. It's good to see my mom because she always reminds me where I got my sense of humor from. Well at le...
Posted by Dawan Owens on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 05:37:00 PST