in 1978, After graduating from North High of Minneapolis, Tyka went to California where she would begin her musical career, releasing her first studio album Royal Blue in 1988, signed by Cooltempo. supporting by the songs "L.O.V.E.", “Royal Blue” and “Marc Anthony's Tune” the latter reached No. 33 on the "Billboard"s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in July. the album was a failure comercial