TLC is one of the top-selling girl group in the 90’s achieving commercial success with the release of their debut album Ooooooohhh… On the TLC Tip, which sold 23 million copies worldwide.. However, it was their second album, CrazySexyCool, that catapulted the group to superstar status.
Originally composed of Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins, rapper Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes and singer Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas also endures a series of spats with the law, each other, and the group’s record label. Five years later, in 1999, the group released their third album FanMail, which became the group’s first album to debut at number one and sold more than 11 million copies worldwide.
The subsequent tour following FanMail’s release became the highest grossing tour of all time by a female band. In 2002, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes died in a car accident in Honduras. Seven months later, T-Boz and Chilli released the group’s fourth album 3D, which sold 2 million copies worldwide, scored the Top 40 hit Girl Talk and earned two Grammy Awards nominations, it featured unreleased vocals from Left Eye.
This coming October 21, VH1 pays tribute to TLC and by releasing a television biographical film derives from the title of the group’s second album, CrazySexyCool. CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story stars Keke Palmer as Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas, Drew Sidora as Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins, and Niatia Lil’ Mama Kirkland as Lisa “Left-Eye” Lopes. The film was directed by Charles Stone III and written by Kate Lanier. Thomas and Watkins also served as executive producers for the film.