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Early life
Jimmy Wayne was born on October 23, 1972, in Kings Mountain, North Carolina,[1] and grew up in Bessemer City.[2] His biological father abandoned him, and he and his sister were raised in and out of foster homes or were left with other people when their mother would leave them or was in prison. She served four months in prison in 1985 when Wayne was 12.[1] After entering a group home, Wayne ran away and lived with his mother for a brief time before living on the streets and with his sister, Patricia, for a short while.[1] He was invited to move in with an elderly couple, Russell and Bea Costner, (just down the road from where his mother was living), after being hired to mow their lawn.[3] After finishing high school and earning a degree in Criminal Justice, he worked as a guard at the Gaston Correctional Facility, where he worked as a corrections officer for four years before moving to Nashville, Tennessee, to pursue his musical interests.
Musical career
In Nashville, Wayne worked as a songwriter for Acuff-Rose Music, collaborating with Dean Dillon, Sanger D. Shafer and others while practicing his guitar and songwriting skills.[1][3] One of his first cuts as a songwriter was “Put Your Hand in Mine,” released by Tracy Byrd in late 1999 from the album It’s About Time.[1] By 2001, Wayne had signed to a recording contract with DreamWorks Records‘ Nashville division.[1]
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