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| Birth name | Stokley Williams |
| Born | July 15, 1967 [1] |
| Origin | St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S. [2] [3] |
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| Years active | 1980–present |
| Labels | Bluraffe Ent |
Stokley Williams (born July 15, 1967), also known simply as Stokley, is an American musician, best known as the lead singer and studio drummer of the R&B band Mint Condition. [4]
In 2011, Williams was featured on Kelly Price's song "Not My Daddy" from her album Kelly which earned him his first Grammy nomination for Best R&B Performance. [5]
In 2017, Williams joined The Revolution on tour, to pay tribute to Prince. [6] Also in 2017, he released his Bluraffe/Concord Records solo debut Introducing Stokley, with production by himself as well as the Philadelphia production team Carvin & Ivan.
In 2019, Jam & Lewis' did a joint venture with Bluraffe ent /Perspective Records to release his second solo album, Sankofa.
In March 2020, Stokley earned his first number-one solo hit with "She..." reaching the top of the Adult R&B Chart (Billboard) for two consecutive weeks and high radio play on stations such as WAMO, WDAS, & WHUR. [7]
In 2024, he was cast as Rick James in Ja'Caryous Johnson's musical stage play, Super Freak: A Rick James Story, set to tour spring of 2024. [8] [9]
Williams has declared his main influences as being Cliff Alexis Sr., Prince, and Maurice White. [10]
The Boys - The Boys (1990) [11]
Sounds of Blackness – The Evolution of Gospel (1991)
Karyn White – Ritual of Love (1991)
Mo' Money – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)
Janet Jackson – janet. (1993)
Johnny Gill – Provocative (1993)
Color Me Badd – Time and Chance (1993)
Jason's Lyric – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1994)
Karyn White – Make Him Do Right (1994)
Sounds of Blackness – Africa to America: The Journey of the Drum (1994)
J. Spencer – Blue Moon (1995)
Solo – Solo (1995)
Soultry – Soultry (1995) [13]
Janet Jackson – Design of a Decade: 1986–1996 (1995)
New Edition – Home Again (1996)
Ann Nesby – I'm Here For You (1996)
4.0 – 4.0 (1997)
Luther Vandross – One Night with You: The Best of Love, Volume 2 (1997)
Jon Secada – Secada (1997) [14]
Sounds of Blackness – Time for Healing (1997)
How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida (1999)
Jordan Knight – Jordan Knight (1999)
Yolanda Adams – Mountain High...Valley Low (1999)
Blu Cantrell – So Blu (2001)
Deborah Cox – The Morning After (2002)
Toni Braxton – More Than a Woman (2002)
Ann Nesby – Put It on Paper (2002)
Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Shaheedullah and Stereotypes (2004)
Prince – Musicology (2004)
Jill Scott- The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 3 (2007)
Brother Ali – Us (2009)
Tech N9ne – All 6's and 7's (2011)
Kelly Price – Kelly (2011)
Mint Condition – 7... (2011)
Brother Ali – The Bite Marked Heart (2012)
The World Famous Tony Williams- King or the Fool (2012)
The Robert Glasper Experiment – Black Radio (2012)
U-Nam & Friends – Weekend in L.A (A Tribute To George Benson) (2012)
Brian Culbertson – Dreams (2012)
Wale – The Gifted (2013)
Lil' John Roberts – The Heartbeat (2014)
Wale – The Album About Nothing (2015)
Boney James – futuresoul (2015)
Maysa - Back 2 Love (2015)
PJ Morton - Christmas with PJ Morton (2018)
Zo! - FourFront (2019)
After 7 - Unfinished Business (2021)
with Mint Condition
Meant to Be Mint (1991)
From the Mint Factory (1993)
Definition of a Band (1996)
The Collection (1991–1998) (1998)
Life's Aquarium (1999)
Livin' the Luxury Brown (2005)
Live from the 9:30 Club (2006)
E-Life (2008)
7... (2011)
Music @ the Speed of Life (2012)
Healing Season (2015)
with Ursus Minor
Nucular (2007)
Zugzwang (2010)
I Will Not Take "But" for an Answer (2010)
What Matters Now (2016)
Solo album
Introducing Stokley (2017)
Sankofa (2021)
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