Signed to Uptown Records

Released debut album "Living Large"

Had a crossover hit with the single "We Got Our Own Thang"

Wrote and performed the theme song for the Fox sketch comedy series "In Living Color"

Appeared in the "On a Dead Man's Chest" entry of the HBO horror series "Tales From the Crypt"

His cover of "Now That We Found Love" went gold

Had a recurring role on "Roc" (Fox)

Appeared as himself in the comedy feature "Who's the Man?"

Had a recurring role on the Fox sitcom "Living Single"

Voiced a character in "The Golden Goose" installment of the HBO series "Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child"

Made NYC stage debut co-starring alongside Laurence Fishburne and Titus Welliver in Fishburne's play "Riff Raff", which Fishburne also directed; performed Off-Broadway at the Circle Repertory Theater

Acted in the independent "The Deli"; also appeared as himself in Robert Townsend's "B.A.P.S."

Guest starred on the action series "Martial Law" (CBS)

Acted in the comedy feature "Life"

Had a supporting role as a laborer in Lasse Halstrom's adaptation of John Irving's "The Cider House Rules"

Featured in "Next Afternoon", an independent film aired on Showtime as part of the "Showtime Black Filmmaker Showcase"

Had a recurring role as a guidance counselor on the high school-set drama "Boston Public" (Fox)

Featured in the comedy caper "Big Trouble"

Acted in the comedy "Larceny" (lensed 2000)