Stokley Williams (born July 15, 1967), also known simply as Stokley, is an American musician from St. Paul, Minnesota, best known as the lead singer and studio drummer of the R&B band Mint Condition.

Career 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.

In 2017, Williams joined The Revolution on tour, to pay tribute to Prince. 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.

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.

Influences Williams has declared his main influences as being Cliff Alexis Sr., Prince, and Maurice White.

Discography as a session musician The Boys - The Boys (1990)The Boys - The Boys (CD liner notes). Motown Record Company, L.P. MOTD-6302 "Got to Be There" (drums)

Sounds of Blackness – The Evolution of Gospel (1991) "Optimistic" (handclaps) "The Pressure Pt. 1" (background vocals) "The Pressure Pt. 2" (background vocals)

Karyn White – Ritual of Love (1991) "Ritual of Love" (percussion) "Love That's Mine" (background vocals) "Do Unto Me" (drummer) "Hard To Say Goodbye" (drum programming, percussion, background vocals)

Mo' Money – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992) The Harlem Yacht Club- "Brother Will" (drummer)

Janet Jackson – janet. (1993) "What'll I Do" (drummer) "The Body That Loves You" (percussion)

Johnny Gill – Provocative (1993) "The Floor" (background vocals) "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (background vocals) "Mastersuite" (drummer, percussion) "Quiet Time To Play" (percussion) "I Know Where I Stand" (percussion)

Color Me Badd – Time and Chance (1993) "The Bells" (drummer)

Jason's Lyric – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1994) Black Men United – "U Will Know" (lead vocals, background vocals)

Karyn White – Make Him Do Right (1994) "One Minute" (drummer, percussion)

Sounds of Blackness – Africa to America: The Journey of the Drum (1994) "The Lord Will Make A Way" (drummer, percussion) "The Drum (Africa To America)" (percussion)

J. Spencer – Blue Moon (1995) "U Should Be Mine" (lead vocals)

Solo – Solo (1995) "A Change Is Gonna Come" (drummer)

Soultry – Soultry (1995)Soultry - Soultry (CD liner notes). Motown Record Company L.P. 314530553-2 "Where Do Broken Hearts Belong" (writer, producer, drummer, percussion, bass synthesizer) "I Knew All Along" (writer, producer, drummer) "Can I Get To Know You" (producer)

Janet Jackson – Design of a Decade: 1986–1996 (1995) "Twenty Foreplay" (drummer)

New Edition – Home Again (1996) "One More Day" (percussion)

Ann Nesby – I'm Here For You (1996) "I'm Still Wearing Your Name" (drummer) "(What A) Lovely Evening" (drummer) "Thrill Me" (drummer) "This Weekend" (drummer) "Let Old Memories Be" (drummer)

Jesse Powell - Jesse Powell "All Alone" (writer, producer, background vocals, drummer)

4.0 – 4.0 (1997) "Oh Baby" (drummer)

Luther Vandross – One Night with You: The Best of Love, Volume 2 (1997) "I Won't Let You Do That To Me" (percussion)

Jon Secada – Secada (1997) "Too Late, Too Soon" (percussion)

Sounds of Blackness – Time for Healing (1997) "The Blackness Blues" (drummer)

How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998) K-Ci & JoJo – "Never Say Never Again" (drummer)

Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida (1999) Elton John & Janet Jackson – "I Know The Truth" (drummer)

Jordan Knight – Jordan Knight (1999) "Finally Finding Out" (percussion)

Yolanda Adams – Mountain High...Valley Low (1999) "Open My Heart" (drummer)

Usher – 8701 (2001) "Twork It Out" (drummer) "How Do I Say" (drummer)

Blu Cantrell – So Blu (2001) "I'll Find A Way" (drummer)

Deborah Cox – The Morning After (2002) Hurt So Much" (drummer)

Toni Braxton – More Than a Woman (2002) "Lies, Lies, Lies" (acoustic guitar, guitar solo)

Ann Nesby – Put It on Paper (2002) "I'm Your Friend" (featuring Big Jim Wright) (drummer)

Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Shaheedullah and Stereotypes (2004) "Put Me On" (vocals) "Banga" (background vocals)

Prince – Musicology (2004) "Call My Name" (background vocals)

Jill Scott- The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 3 (2007) "How It Make You Feel" (producer, bass, guitar, drum programming, keyboards)

Brother Ali – Us (2009) "Brothers And Sisters" (background vocals) "Us" (background vocals)

Tech N9ne – All 6's and 7's (2011) "The Boogieman" (background vocals)

Kelly Price – Kelly (2011) Mint Condition – 7... (2011) "Not My Daddy" (co-vocals, co-producer, drummer, keyboards, bass)

Elzhi – Elmatic (2011) "Life's A Bitch" (additional vocals)

Brother Ali – The Bite Marked Heart (2012) "I'll Be Around" (background vocals)

The World Famous Tony Williams- King or the Fool (2012) "Mr. Safety" (additional vocals)

The Robert Glasper Experiment – Black Radio (2012) "Why Do We Try" (lead vocals, percussion)

U-Nam & Friends – Weekend in L.A (A Tribute To George Benson) (2012) "Nature Boy" (lead vocals)

Brian Culbertson – Dreams (2012) "No Limits" (lead vocals)

Wale – The Gifted (2013) "The Curse of the Gifted" (uncredited background vocals) "LoveHate Thing" (featuring Sam Dew) (co-producer, guitar, bass, keyboards, drum programming) "Sunshine" (co-producer, keyboards, drums, percussion, background vocals) "Heaven's Afternoon" (featuring Meek Mill) (co-producer, keyboards, guitar, background vocals) "Gullible" (featuring Cee-Lo Green) (producer, drum programming, guitar) "Black Heroes" (co-producer, guitar, background vocals)

Lil' John Roberts – The Heartbeat (2014) "Space" (additional vocals)

Wale – The Album About Nothing (2015) "The Intro About Nothing" (additional vocals) "The Bloom (AG3)" (background vocals, additional production)

Boney James – futuresoul (2015) "Either Way" (vocals)

Maysa - Back 2 Love (2015) "Keep It Movin'" (producer, additional vocals)

PJ Morton - Christmas with PJ Morton (2018) "All I Want for Christmas is You" (additional vocals)

Zo! - FourFront (2019) "Sweat" (vocals)

After 7 - Unfinished Business (2021) "The Day" (additional vocals, writer, producer, drum programming, keyboards, acoustic guitar) "Sum Of A Woman" (writer, producer, drum programming, guitar, keyboards)

Discography as a group member 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)

References