Tarver was born in McKinney, Texas. He started out singing in a church choir. In 1996 he appeared as the choir boy in the Baz Luhrmann movie Romeo + Juliet co starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. Tarver's cover of "Everybody's Free ", as well as his rendition of Prince's "When Doves Cry", were included on Romeo + Juliet's soundtrack, which earned double platinum status for selling two million copies. His album, Quindon, was released in 1996 by Virgin Records and included the single It's You That's on My Mind, which charted in Australia and New Zealand. Under the same management as then teen sensations Immature/IMx, Smooth, Gyrl, and B2K, Tarver began to appeal to a large market of teens and subsequently toured the world with the likes of Immature, Brandy and Monica. Tarver contributed to the soundtracks of feature filmsKazaam and Down in the Delta. He made appearances on Good Morning America,Soul Train and American Idol Seasons 2 & 7, in which he finished in the Top 50. He has worked with artists Faith Evans, Playa, Tiny and Nokio. He has worked with record producersJohntá Austin and Troy Taylor. In 2008, Tarver and DeMario “Raz-B” Thornton, a former member of B2K, spoke publicly in an interview with VIBE magazine about abuse suffered as children at the hands of their manager and producer Chris Stokes, and the singer Marques Houston. In 2010, Thornton covertly recorded a conversation with Tarver, where both men discussed details of their abuse. The tape's online release prompted Tarver to make a statement that he had not consented to the conversation being made public. In 2016, Tarver was invited to perform When Doves Cry as part of a Los Angeles tribute to the late musician Prince. In a later interview, Tarver stated that the performance and the audience response to it was a turning point in his life, motivating him to enter rehab and resume a singing career. In 2017, Tarver released a new version of "Everybody's Free". He recorded the new version as a statement of innate freedom, regardless of past or present circumstances. Tarver has a YouTube channel called iamquindon.
