They are best known for their hit 1995 single "Shy Guy" and their remake of "I Say a Little Prayer" which was featured on the soundtrack to My Best Friend's Wedding.
[5] King was a member of the City Heat band, performing on the local hotel circuit before releasing their first solo single, "Change of Heart", in 1991.
's 1994 song "Respect", from his album Ready to Die, they signed a recording contract with Sony Music.
53 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart) for the Cool Runnings soundtrack that same year.
8) with their cover version of the song "I Say a Little Prayer" (originally recorded by Dionne Warwick in 1967), which was featured on the soundtrack to the film, My Best Friend's Wedding.
The album spawned two more US singles with "L-L-Lies" and "Find My Way Back" in addition to "Supa-Lova-Bwoy" which was released exclusively in Japan.
They also collaborated with artists such as Toots Hibbert, Ziggy Marley, Buju Banton, Ini Kamoze, Maxi Priest, Shaggy, Tony Rebel, I-Three, Brian Gold, Handel Tucker, Lowell 'Sly' Dunbar & Mikey Bennett on the charity single "Rise Up" with Jamaica United.
[15] In 2002, King premiered their single, "Summer Breezin'" on BET and VH1 video outlets, and it received some urban radio airplay, their third album Respect was released on 24 July 2002 in Japan,[16] with plans for other markets such as the US and Europe eventually cancelled.
[18] In 2006, they released the single "Spanish Town Blues" for a Taxi Records compilation album with Sly & Robbie.
[19] In 2007, King co-wrote and recorded the song "The Light Within" with the German reggae artist Gentleman, for his album Another Intensity.
In 2016, King announced they were at work on an all-lesbian record label in addition to a new studio album and an EP.
King was previously married to their tour manager Orville Aris, with whom they share a son, born in 1996.
[34] In January 2018, King announced that they had married their long-time girlfriend, Jamaican violinist Mijanne Webster.
[38] In August 2021, they announced via Twitter the death of their daughter, Shalamar Diana Wright (1987-2021), who was born when King was sixteen.