Ambersunshower has been writing poetry since the age of ten. She was one half of hip-hop duo Groove Garden, alongside DJ Atsushi. Groove Garden was signed by
Tommy Boy, and the pair went on to open for
Digable Planets on their first national tour. After the dissolution of Groove Garden, Ambersunshower left her label and temporarily retired from music to take care of her ailing grandfather, after whom her debut album,
Walter T. Smith, was named. Her first single release in 1996 was the title track from the album.
Gee Street Records released Ambersunshower's debut solo album,
Walter T. Smith, in 1996. Mia Dinelly of the popular 1990s Los Angeles zine
Female FYI described the album as "stripped down funk with a gritty edge, the lyrics raw testaments of love, delivered in her versatile, sometimes dissonant voice." A single from the album, "Running Song", later appeared on the soundtrack album from the film
The Great White Hype, while another song, "Look Around My Window", was included on the
Senseless soundtrack. In 2001, she appeared on
Tricky's album
Blowback, singing on the tracks "Over Me", "You Don't Wanna" and "Your Name". Ambersunshower later returned with a second album,
The Turtle Chronicles, released by Shamalama Music on April 17, 2008. That same month, Ambersunshower collaborated with Kenny Baraka on a single entitled "Mortal Deities", the video for which was filmed on location in
Brooklyn by Carl Ford for
Black Nexxus Films. == Personal life ==