Early in 1997, John held a 50th birthday occasion, costumed as Louis XIV of France, with 500 good friends. John's highest-charting solitary was a collaboration with Dionne Warwick, Gladys Knight, and Stevie Wonder termed "That's What Friends Are For". The track was launched as the lead solitary for her debut entire-duration undertaking, which is her debut mixtape, titled From a Planet Called Harlem.