His single “Options” (featuring Rick Ross) reached #27 on the US Adult R&B Airplay chart and #28 on the US R&B chart. As an actor James appeared in the films Rift and Black Nativity. He has also appeared on the TV series or TV movies Half & Half, The New Edition Story, Star, Unevolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G. (as Sean “Puffy” Combs), and The Bobby Brown Story. In 2013 Luke James won a Soul Train Music Award and he has been nominated for Grammy Awards for the songs “I Want You” and “Options”.