In 1991, teenager Crystal Jones put out an ad for two more singers to join her all-girl group 2nd Nature. Tionne Watkins and Lisa Lopes answered the ad and soon got an audition in front of producer Antonio "LA" Reid for LaFace Records. Reid saw potential in Watkins and Lopes but replaced Jones with a backup dancer named Rozonda Thomas, who was nicknamed "Chilli" so they could use the name TLC, which Reid came up with.
Throughout her life, TLC singer Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins has battled sickle-cell anemia. The blood disorder is genetic and affects 1 in 12 people of African descent. Since the age of seven, Watkins has been in and out of the hospital because of her condition.
In 2009, TLC singer Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins appeared on Donald Trump's reality show The Celebrity Apprentice. Watkins was fired in task 6 for volunteering to come back to the boardroom. Trump referenced a previous contestant who was fired for the same action and said, "Never volunteer for an execution."
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