Karyn White成名于上世纪八十年代末，White 出于在洛杉矶，在五个孩子的家庭里排行最末。曾演唱于教堂唱诗班，也曾当过配唱歌手，后来参予演唱 Jeff Lorber 的单曲 "Facts of Love" 。据记录，她毕业于 Howard University。 　　White 的首张同名专辑发行于 1988年，由L.A. Reid 和 Babyface 制作。此张专辑收录单曲"The Way You Love Me", "Secret Rendezvous" (全美排名第六，也是她当时的最好成绩), "Superwoman" 以及与 Babyface 合唱的 "Love Saw It". 　　第二张专辑 Ritual of Love 发行于 1991 年。其中一些歌曲，包括全美 Billboard 排行第一的 "Romantic" ，是由 Jimmy Jam 和 Terry Lewis 制作。其他还有单曲 "The Way I Feel About You" (U.S. #12), "Walkin' the Dog," and "Do Unto Me" (后二首未进入排名). 摄影师 Matthew Rolston 为 "Romantic" 拍摄了 MV。Michael Walls 参与设计了这张专辑的封面及三支 MV。在专辑封面上，Walls 采用了 Chanel 白珍珠黑裙子的造形；"The Way I feel About You" 及 "Walkin' the Dog" 的 MV 造形的灵感来源于电影 Sweet Charity. 　　第三张专辑 Make Him Do Right 发行于 1994 年。这张专辑销量并不理想，虽然 "Hungah" 曾入过排行榜，而 Babyface 所写的 "Can I Stay With You" 成为了她最后一支进入全美排行前十位的歌曲。1995 年末，她最后一直进入全美排行榜的单曲 "I'd Rather Be Alone" 最高排行第 50 位。此后她淡出自组家庭。 　　Karyn Layvonne White (born October 14, 1965) is an American singer who was popular during the late 1980s and early 1990s. She is known for several hit singles including "Superwoman" (1988), "Secret Rendezvous" (1989), "The Way You Love Me" (1988), and the US Hot 100 number one single "Romantic" (1991). 　　White was born in Los Angeles to Vivian and Clarence White. She is the youngest of five children. She sang in a church choir and worked as a backing singer, then sang on Jeff Lorber's 1986 "Private Passion" single "Facts of Love", "True Confessions" and "Back in Love" before signing to Warner Bros. Records.