Duquan "Dukie" Weems is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by Jermaine Crawford.

He is a recurring target for teasing and bullying because of his lack of personal hygiene, his offensive body odor, and his dirty clothes.

After Mr. Prez voluntarily lets him use the school showers and washes his clothing, his peers begin to call him "Duke" instead.

She has one of his peers, Crystal, deliver them to him at home but is careful to instruct her to give it directly to Dukie, to ensure they reach him and not his drug-addicted parents who are inclined to sell his possessions.

Dukie helps to convince Randy that Stanfield soldier Chris Partlow is a murderer rather than a supernatural force.

He offers to let Dukie inside the gym early to wash up in the morning and to take his clothes home to launder them in the evening.

Although it's clear Duquan is not socially ready to enter the ninth grade, the school looks at it as a way to "juke stats" which makes it look like their students are showing better progress and advancement in their skills than they really are.

In the season finale, Duquan makes an attempt at going to his new school but, without the presence and support of his friends, and the onset of being bumped into by bullies, he can't bring himself to go to class.

Dukie is worried about the emasculating effect of the decision and concerned over how he will spend his time, but accepts Michael's recommendation.

[6][7] After being questioned about his loyalty to the organization, taunted by Kenard and beaten up by Spider, Dukie approaches Dennis "Cutty" Wise to learn how to fight and tries to get Michael to teach him to shoot.

At Dukie's' request, Michael drives him to the squalid area where the junk man lives among homeless people and junkies.

Dukie hesitates when he sees the junk man injecting heroin and turns back to Michael, but he has already left.