With over 103K Instagram followers, Andwele Gardner, professionally and popularly known as Dwele, is an American record producer, songwriter, and soul singer who hails from Detroit, Michigan. Dwele always had a thing for music, and he recorded a demo named The Rize in his room. He only had 100 copies, and all of them got sold in a week. It was then that Dwele caught the attention of J Dilla, who invited him to Slum Village, where he sang, Tainted. The song was a part of their album named Trinity and received a lot of love from the audience. The performance led to some more work, this time with rapper Bahamadia. In 2003, Dwele got signed by Virgin Records and went on to release his debut album Subject. His second album, Some Kinda came out in 2005. Three years later Dwele signed with KOCH and RT Music Group. The singer's fourth album, W.ants W.orld W.omen, was released in 2010, while his fifth album, Greater Than One, was released in 2012. Dwele was also featured in Power, which was the first single of Kanye West's fifth album.

In the past, Dwele has worked with celebrity makeup artists which include: Taryll Atkins.