Tionne Watkins

Singer

Female

Born Apr 26, 1970

Age 43

Hometown Des Moines, Iowa

Genres Hip hop + Contemp...

Performed With Lisa Lopes + Da B...

Record Label SRC Records

Other Names Watkins, Tionne T...

Tionne Tenese Watkins better known by her stage name T-Boz, is an American singer-songwriter, actress, author, poet, and executive producer who rose to fame as one-third of the R&B/Hip-hop girl group TLC.

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Tionne Watkins AKA T-Boz from TLC leaving her Manhattan hotel

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Oct 20, 2008

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Tionne Watkins aka T-Boz and Rozonda Thomas aka Chilli of TLC BET Awards 2008 at the Shrine Audit...

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Jun 23, 2008

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T-boz (Tionne Watkins) at Rosa Cha by Amir Slama Showing of Swimwear at Gertrude Tent in Bryant P...

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Sep 13, 2003

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Arista Pre-grammy Party at Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles 02/22/1999 T-boz Tionne Watkins and...

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Aug 22, 2000

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Romance

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Takeo Spikes
Dating 2005 - Present
Mack 10
Married 2000 - 2004
Terry Norris
Fling 1994
Dalvin DeGrate
Dated 1990 - 1994

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Lights Off, Lights On? Left Eye May Join Tlc's Reunion Tour With Hologram Help
Color Lines - Apr 27, 2012

Sometimes, it's like the '90s never left us. And now with the help of technology, they never have to. TLC is planning a reunion tour for later this year that may include Lisa "Left Eye" Loopes, the much-beloved rapper who died ten years ago this week. TMZ reports that the remaining members of the trio, Tionne Watkins and Rozonda Thomas, better known as T-Boz and Chili, are in talks to make sure Left Eye is included in the tour, perha...
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Losing Left Eye Lisa Lopes
Clash - Apr 04, 2012

Ten years ago this month the music industry lost one of it’s brightest stars: Lisa Lopes. Daring, candid, vibrant and unapologetic; Lisa ‘Left-Eye’ Lopes was the ‘Crazy’ to Chilli’s ‘Sexy’ and T-Boz’s ‘Cool’ in the Atlantic R&B girl-group that would go on to conquer the music charts and change the way women were seen in a male dominated industry. As the world was still mourning the loss of R&B superstar Aaliyah in the summer of 2001, initial reactions to the news of th...
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Tlc Shoot Fashion Spread For August Issue Of Essence Rtt News
Google News - Aug 07, 2011

The surviving band members (T-Boz, real name Tionne Watkins and Chilli, real name Rozonda Thomas) appear next to a supermodel, wearing a long black skirt and leather cropped top (Chilli) and black skinny pants and a black jacket (T-Boz)
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Celebvocate: T Boz Recruits Bone Marrow Donors Washington Post (Blog)
Google News - Jul 07, 2011

Wednesday's visitor: Tionne Watkins, better known as T-Boz. Bona fides: Lead vocalist for '90s mega-girl group TLC; chronic sickle-cell and arthritis sufferer (though not currently in need of a transplant). Backup: Del. Donna Christensen (DV
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1970 Birth Born on April 26, 1970.

TWENTIES

1991 21 Years Old An Atlanta local named Crystal Jones held auditions for a local group and chose Watkins, and Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes eventually attracted the attention of Perri "Pebbles" Reid and her husband, LaFace Records chief Antonio "L.A." Reid. L.A. Reid replaced Jones with Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas and the group was signed in 1991 as TLC. … Read More

1998 28 Years Old Watkins has worked as an actress, appearing in Hype Williams' 1998 film Belly. … Read More

1999 29 Years Old Watkins published a book of semi-autobiographical poetry called Thoughts on November 3, 1999. … Read More

THIRTIES

2000 30 Years Old In August 2000, Watkins married rapper Mack 10. … Read More

2004 34 Years Old In June 2004, she filed for divorce and requested a restraining order against Mack 10. … Read More

2006 36 Years Old In March 2006, she was diagnosed as having a strawberry-size acoustic neuroma on her vestibular nerve, which affected her balance, hearing, sight, and facial movement. … Read More

FORTIES

2012 42 Years Old 1 More Event

It was revealed in early September 2012, that Watkins has written a song called "Red Planet" for the 2011 The X Factor winners - newcomer female group Little Mix. … Read More

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