Career
He is primarily known for his discovery of CeCe Peniston, and collaborative works with his fellow producer Rodney K. Jackson. In 1990, he founded the Wax Museum s (originally Wax Museum Music), and co-founded the Jackson"s Heat City Records in 1995. He scored an international success in the early 90s with songs recorded with singer CeCe Peniston, whose initial single "Finally topped the United States Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart and peaked at number #2 in the United Kingdom Top 75, having sold over 3 million copies worldwide.
In 2000, Finally was ranked as the 29th out of 100 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time at the Video Hits One"s five-part series hosted by Paula Abdul.
Amongs other, he collaborated also with Ice Cube (as a co-producer of the Hardcore"s self-titled single released in 1987), managed the group of a black female rapper called Overweight Pooch (whose composition "I Like lieutenant" charted at number #16 on the United States Dance and #58 on the United Kingdom Top 75), contributed to Malaika"s singles "So Much Love" (#5 on the United States Dance) and "Break lieutenant Down", as well as produced several indie records for local Phoenix"s artists such as P.D.F. Crew, Military Cross-J Witt, Marvelous JC, and The Weirdoz.