Cika wannan jumla: Mahaifiyarta ta yi fama da bugun jini a shekara ta 2005 kuma, bayan ta mutu a shekara mai zuwa, Sarki ya ba da jawabi a jana'izarta. Wani juyi a rayuwarta, Sarki ya fuskanci rikici a cikin iyalinta lokacin da 'yar'uwarta Yolanda da ɗan'uwansa Dexter suka goyi bayan sayar da King Center for Nonviolent Social Change. Bayan da 'yar'uwarta ta mutu a 2007, ta kuma yi mata jawabi. Ta goyi bayan
yakin neman zaben shugaban kasa na Barack Obama a shekarar 2008 kuma ya kira sunansa wani ɓangare na mafarkin mahaifinta.