Keenan attended college at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama but dropped out his senior year to persue comedy full time. His comic influence is Richard Pryor.
名的韦恩斯家族中的一员,其代表作为《惊声尖笑》系列。
1990年至1992年间,当他还是“In Living Color”的主持人时,他使用Sw.1这个名字。