Karyn Layvonne White (born October 14, 1965) is an American singer who was popular during the late 1980s and early 1990s.

White was nominated in the Best R&B/Urban Contemporary New Artist category for the 1989 Soul Train Music Awards, which was won by Al B.

The album did not sell well, although she did chart with the singles "Hungah" and the Babyface-penned "Can I Stay With You", which became her final U.S. R&B Top 10 hit in early 1995.

In 1995, White appeared with Mary J. Blige, Monica and others for the single "Freedom (Theme from Panther)" for the soundtrack to the Melvin Van Peebles film of the same name.

White left Warner Bros. Records in 1999, and dropped out of the music public eye for many years to start a family.

However, this performance was canceled when Edmonds and Reid withdrew from the Soul Train ceremony, declining the honor.

In 2017, White landed a recurring role on the BET Centric television series Beauty and the Baller as trophy wife Kym Banks.

She earned a 2017 UB Honors nomination for the Gale and the Storm soundtrack in the "Best Independent R&B Album Release" category.

[8] White married Terry Lewis in 1992 and together they had a daughter, Ashley Nicole, and adopted their son Brandon.

White resided in Rocklin, California, a suburb of Sacramento, and ran a successful interior design and real estate business.