“What About Your Friends” was written by Dallas Austin and TLC member Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, and features lead vocals by T-Boz.
Lopes died in a car crash while filming a documentary in Honduras, which would later be released as The Last Days of Left Eye in 2007 on VH1.
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- LAS VEGAS, NV – MAY 01: Recording artists Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins (L) and Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas of TLC perform during the kickoff of The Main Event tour at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on May 1, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
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- The group TLC, Rozonda Chilli Thomas (L) and Tionne T-Boz Watkins (R) at the MTV Video Music Awards August 25, 2013 at the Barclays Center in New York. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA (Photo credit should read STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)
On February 28, 1991, Watkins and Lopes signed production, management, and publishing deals with Pebbitone, with Perri Reid becoming their general manager. As they looked for a replacement for Jones, the two-member TLC-Skee made its first recorded appearance on a track for LaFace act Damian Dame’s self-titled 1991 LP.Pebbles found the third member in Rozonda Thomas, one of Damian Dame’s part-time backup dancers.
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- LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 24: (L-R) Singer Lil Mama performs with singers Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins and Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas of TLC onstage during the 2013 American Music Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on November 24, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Having sold over 71 million records worldwide, TLC is the best-selling American girl group of all time. VH1 ranked TLC as the greatest female group, placing them at number 12 on the list of 100 Greatest Women in Music. Billboard magazine ranked TLC as one of the greatest musical trios, as well as the seventh most successful act of the 1990s.
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- Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes and Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas of TLC (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)
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