K-Ci & JoJo, along with Babyface and two of his brothers from the R&B act After 7, recorded “I Care ’Bout You” for the Soul Food soundtrack in 1997 under the group name Milestone. The Haileys collaborated with 2Pac (Tupac Shakur) on the song “How Do U Want It”/“California Love,” which was later nominated for a Grammy Award. As with Jodeci, K-Ci & JoJo’s success came swiftly.
In 1996, when the promotion of the latter album slowed, K-Ci & JoJo decided to temporarily split from Jodeci to record on their own. Harrell offered them a deal that led to three platinum albums, Forever My Lady, Diary of a Mad Band and The Show, The After Party, The Hotel. One of the first stops was Andre Harrell’s Uptown Entertainment, for whom Jodeci performed a cappella. The quartet shopped its demo tape to several record label executives in New York City. In 1990, the quartet formed Jodeci, a group that blended the vocal histrionics of gospel with R&B sounds. In the late 1980s, they met another pair of brothers, Donald “DeVante Swing” DeGrate and Dalvin DeGrate, who, like the Haileys, performed with their dad in the De-Grate Delegation. You can never predict that.”īrothers K-Ci & JoJo, began their careers in music during childhood as members of their father’s gospel group, Little Cedric and The Hailey Singers, in North Carolina. You never know if it’s going to be a hit or not. “You just never know no matter what you do. “I always thought I had (a talent), and after I wrote ‘All My Life’ and it was that big, then I realized it,” Hailey told Contemporary Musicians about the song from the duo’s multiplatinum 1997 debut album Love Always. It wasn’t until seven years into his career that he was convinced of his talent. Considering that R&B duo K-Ci & JoJo has sold millions of records, it is hard to believe that there was a time when Joel Hailey wasn’t sure if he could write a good song.
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