He grew up singing in youth choirs at church and played in the marching band through his tenth grade year of high school.

On the 2005 MTV documentary, Composing History The Making of Late Registration, he was featured producing vocals for Brandy on the song "Bring Me Down", which he co-wrote.

"[citation needed] Tony Williams first became noticed as a singer when he debuted on Kanye West's Grammy winning album The College Dropout, singing a version of the gospel hymn "I'll Fly Away".

His voice is recognized on some popular Hip Hop songs, having performed with, for example, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Nas, Game, and Rick Ross.

[citation needed] On January 13th of 2024, Kanye (Now known as "Ye") posted an image of him and Williams during the 2016 Yeezy Season 3 event on his Instagram profile, Confirming a possible collaboration between the two on West's upcoming solo studio Album "Bully".