Other musicians quickly recognised him as having great potential, most notably Yellowman who joined him for such songs as "Everybody Loves The Chaka", "Scotty", and "Bring It To Me" and Admiral Bailey, who collaborated with him on "One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer", giving him his first hit.
[citation needed] He first met Pliers (Everton Bonner) in 1991 and suggested that they team up.
[1] They enjoyed an internationally successful partnership including a string of hit singles and a number one album in the UK between 1993 and 1997.
On 18 November 2007, Chaka Demus & Pliers performed "Murder She Wrote" alongside Alicia Keys at the 2007 American Music Awards.
[3] In August 2013, he released the album Second Coming on the Fire and Ice label that he co-owns with Winston Solomon.