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Historical Background

TLC is one of the top selling girl groups of all time. Its members include Tionne “T-Boz” Watckins, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopez, and Rozonda “Chilli Thomas. The New Jack Swing group was founded in 1991 in Atlanta, Georgia. The group was discovered by singer and producer, Pebbles, who also happened to be the wife of L.A Reid, cofounder of Laface Records. The group released their first album, Oooooohhh… On The TLC Tip, in 1992. It was a huge success for the young group, and Laface Records, debuting at number 3 on the R&B charts. The success of the group, and their debut album, allowed the young girls to be a part of many different aspects of the entertainment industry, working with legends like Prince and starring in tv and movies.

With the many ups the group had seen, lows were not too far behind. Left eye became a part of a high profile relationship with a professional football player, Andre Rison. She was sentenced to five years’ probation after burning his house down after a heated argument. The group also filed for bankruptcy shortly after their 11 times platinum sophomore album, CrazySexyCool, was released and debuted at number 3 on the pop charts, claiming they had not been paid for to pay their debts.

During one of the groups’ hiatuses, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopez was on a spiritual trip in Honduras. During the trip, she was in a car accident and died from severe head trauma on April 25, 2002. She was only 30 years old. After her death, the group released the album they had been working on with Left Eye before her death. Although the album was somewhat successful, it was clear the group would not be the same.

TLC Currently

Sine the death of Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, TLC took sometime to mourn her death but still remained prevalent in the hip hop industry and their group name lives on. Since her death the group has continued with T-Boz and Chilli making groundbreaking efforts to continue their group’s legacy. In 2005 TLC appeared to find another group member to take Left Eye’s place but their attempt wasn’t successful. TLC had a comeback to the music scene in 2013 singing on J. Cole’s single Crooked Smile. In that same year VH1 premiered Crazy Sexy Cool the story of TLC. This movie was one of the highest debubted movies on the channel VH1. Soon after this TLC launched the Kickstarter fundraiser for their new record in 2015. Their die hard fans and other colleagues in the music industry helped TLC to raise $430,000. While both T-Boz and Chilli are single mothers they are still apart and known for being in one of the greatest female singing group of our time. Earlier in 2017 TLC released a single called "Way Back", which received a great amount of support from their fans glad to see and hear TLC back making music. TLC continues to help other aspiring artists  of making their dreams come true to of breaking into the music industry and continue to help other artists to write songs. T-Boz and Chilli continue to be a pillar in the hip hop industry to carry TLC’c legacy on.