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T-Boz is still feeling some kind of way about how she and fellow TLC singer Chilli believe the industry turned their backs on the group after the charismatic Left-Eye died. The singer, who was born Tionne Watkins, even put the likes of industry icons such as rappers Drake and T.I. and music executive L.A. Reid…

Despite previously vowing not to release another album after their 2017 crowd-funded record, TLC could be releasing new music in the future. Chilli — whose real name is Rozonda Thomas — has now said they wouldn’t entirely rule out the possibility. She told The Daily Mirror newspaper’s music columnist Gavin Martin: “We love music too…

The members of legendary girls’ group TLC said they refused to hold a peach and become cast members on the hit reality show “Real Housewives of Atlanta” — unless they had ample bail money to go along with it. Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins, 49, and Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas, 48, divulged to “Entertainment Tonight,” that they’ve both been…

Few new artists have been co-signed by two living legends; however, this is a reality for newcomer Dominae. The Dallas, Texas native is a professionally trained ballerina who’s been dancing since the age of 12. Besides ballet, Dominae is classically trained in African dance, hip hop, jazz and modern dance. As a dance student, Dominae…

TLC was blocked from using late bandmate Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes’ raps on their album by her family. The group’s remaining members, Rozonda ‘Chilli’ Thomas and Tionne ‘T-Boz’ Watkins, wanted to pay homage to Lopes, who tragically died in a car crash in 2002, by using her voice on their final album TLC, but where…

T-Boz and Chilli rocked Detroit’s Chene Park Amphitheatre during their recent visit to Detroit. The pair looked like they haven’t missed a beat since their younger days. Check them out as they perform their classic hit, “Baby-Baby-Baby.”

Straight Outta Compton continues to rake in the profits netting over $200 million this past weekend. Former NWA manager Jerry Heller is no doubt counting the coins as his lawsuit against the producers lists damages that could result in over $250 million. Heller’s biggest complaint is that he did not authorize the use of his name or likeness…

T-Boz of TLC isn’t interested in any kind of social media feud with pop star Rihanna. But T-Boz told TMZ she has no issue with Rih-Rih–unless Rihanna wants there to be one.

Both surviving members of TLC, Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins and Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas, shared their disapproval of pop superstar Rihanna (and others) penchant for nudity. The comments came days after Rih-Rih turned heads with a see-through top at the Awards last week.

Rihanna drew a massive amount of praise and shock earlier this week when she appeared at the CFDA Awards wearing a sheer crystal gown that exposed her breasts and nearly naked body underneath. And although many thought the dress was risqué in a good way, TLC thought otherwise and recently criticized Rihanna for always being…

Perri ‘Pebbles’ Reid, is not happy about her portrayal in the movie “CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story” and instead of just ranting, she is suing Viacom for $40 million. Reid claims in Atlanta federal court that the 2013 VH1 movie portrays her “as a conniving and dishonest business woman who hoodwinked three innocent girls and exploited their…

By now, the world should be well aware of the “BeyHive” on Twitter, a well-armed batch of Beyoncé fans who prowl the social media platform ready to drag the first person who even appears to diss their beloved Queen Bey. So it was interesting when TLC’s Chilli co-signed a list by one of her fans…

After weeks of back and forth between his wife and TLC’s former manager Pebbles, LA Reid is stepping in and shutting down all of the rumors. Last week, rumors circled that Pebbles, who is threatening to sue VH1 and TLC for her portrayal in their acclaimed Vh1 biopic “CrazySexyCool,” claimed to get the girl group…

Without actually trying to, and without ever mentioning Perri “Pebbles” Reid by name, Grammy-winning singer and songstress Kandi Burruss lent credence to Pebbles’ claims that she did not swindle TLC out of millions of dollars as poignantly portrayed in the VH1 “Behind the Music” special and, most recently, in the “CrazySexyCool” film. Burruss, now a…

L.A. Reid … it’s your turn. Perri “Pebbles” Reid and Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas have engaged in a cold war about who slept with whom over the past several weeks. L.A. Reid, the subject of this vicious volleying of invectives between the two, has not uttered a single syllable in his own defense. Pebbles on the…

Pebbles reignited the flames of hate between herself and TLC when she went on the “Wendy Williams” show to nurse her battered image back to health in the wake of the “CrazySexyCool” movie on VH1 that painted her as a ruthless pimp. During the exclusive interview, which was her first since the movie came out…

Twitter was quick to take note of Perri “Pebbles” Reid’s first public interview since “CrazySexyCool” exploded in her face at the end of October. The former TLC manager and 80s multiplatinum singer chose the “Wendy Williams Show” to finally air out her pent up feelings of angst and betrayal by the trio that she says…

There were several jaw-dropping moments when Perri “Pebbles” Reid went onto the “Wendy Williams Show” to try to clear up tattered image in the aftermath of the typhoon of negative publicity in the weeks after TLC’s “CrazySexyCool” aired on VH1. The biggest bomb was that Pebbles said on her show that it was TLC —…

Do we have a truce between the warring factions, Ashley Reid and TLC’s Chilli? Well, not exactly. Ashley Reid, the daughter of former multiplatinum singer and TLC manager, Perri “Pebbles” Reid, attempted to clarify — or backtrack, depending on your perspective — her previous inflammatory and shocking statements about being anxious to catch TLC’s Chilli…

Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas came back with both barrels blazing as it pertains to Pebbles’ daughter Ashley Reid and her threats to beat Chilli’s face “into the concrete.” There were claims that the TLC member had sex with her father, L.A. Reid, when he was still married to Pebbles back in the 1990s during TLC’s apex.…