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‘TLC Forever’ 2-Hour Documentary to Simulcast Premiere on Lifetime and A&E

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A&E announced during A+E Networks’ 2023-24 upfront presentation Wednesday that the TLC documentary announced in 2020 will finally receive it’s long awaited premiere on June 3, 2023 at 8PM. It will now simulcast on both A&E and Lifetime.

Previously announced with the working title of ‘Biography: TLC‘, the official title of the 2-hour documentary is now ‘TLC Forever‘.

According to Deadline, it will still be executive-produced by Roger Ross Williams (The Apollo) and his production company with producer Geoff Martz, One Story Up, the special documents the revolutionary group that broke boundaries, influenced an entire generation and survived against all odds as T-Boz and Chilli tell their story for the first time in a feature documentary. 

T-Boz and Chilli have also vowed that the documentary will feature previously never told before stories about their career experiences over the years.

‘TLC Forever’ is directed by Matthew Kay.

Are you excited about ‘TLC Forever’?

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T-Boz Receives Red Rose Bouquet After Movie Date with Friend King Yahweh

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Our beautiful TLC Queen Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins had fans happy to see her out on a movie date with a friend in Atlanta last week (March 1).

T-Boz went to the AMC theatre with her good friend King Yahweh to watch a privately screened showing of the action thriller movie, ‘Cocaine Bear‘, with King Yahweh saying, “she knows how to pick the good ones”.

‘Cocaine Bear’ is about a 500-pound black bear consumes a significant amount of cocaine and embarks on a drug-fueled rampage, an eccentric gathering of cops, criminals, tourists, and teenagers assemble in a Georgia forest. It has been renamed ‘Crazy Bear’ in some locations.

King Yahweh posted a short video of himself posing with T-Boz at the movie theatre to his social media platforms on March 2, with the caption, “King Yahweh with his super illustrious, beautiful friend Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins, from the 4-time Grammy award winning group TLC, enjoying a private movie night”.

King also included hash tags ‘love her’ and ‘amazing’ to sum up how he felt about his friendly movie date companion for the night.

The following day, King Yahweh posted a photo of T-Boz with a beautiful bouquet of red roses and thanked her for the movie night. “Thank you Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins the night with you was amazing”, he added to his caption.

So, who is King Yahweh? He has been previously linked to other celebrities, including Claudia Jordan, LisaRaye and Pebbles, amongst others. According to the bio on his website, King Yahweh, founder and CEO of The Kingdom of YAHWEH, is a Global Peace Advocate & Motivational Speaker, promotes self-awareness, philanthropy, spirituality, and economic expansion.

We love seeing T-Boz happy doing things that she loves with those close to her, and we hope to see her friendship with King Yahweh continue to blossom!

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TLC Release 4-track EP “Wat3rfalls” Featuring Their Re-Recorded Classics

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UPDATE – 04 MAY, 2023 – TLC updated the tracklisting on the “Wat3rfalls” EP on May 4, to add the re-recording of the hit single, “Diggin’ On You“.

TLC fans were surprised to see a new TLC release pop up on their chosen music platforms this week. The 3-track EP, “Wat3rfalls“, was released on January 31, 2023 on platforms such as Spotify and for purchase on Amazon Music.

The “Wat3rfalls” EP features 3 classic TLC tracks that have been re-recorded by TLC members T-Boz and Chilli. Including the number one singles “No Scrubs“, “Waterfalls” and “Creep“.

The tracks were recorded back in 2013 and were originally made for use in their VH1 biopic, ‘CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story‘, which enabled the ladies to retain full control and publishing rights of their newly recorded versions, rather than the original tracks that remain under Sony ownership.

Kandi Burruss with TLC during the re-recording of the hits

A handful of the newly re-recorded hits were initially only available to Japan on their 20th anniversary album in 2013. Five of those tracks eventually made it onto the deluxe version of their self-titled album, ‘TLC‘, in 2017.

However, the re-recording of the classic “Waterfalls” was still missing from the collection and, until now, was unavailable for the public to enjoy on any music streaming platforms.

TLC were very vocal about the importance of owning their master recordings back in 2019 when Taylor Swift was making a decision to also re-record her past material. “You have to ask permission to use your own stuff”, T-Boz said. “We were in that situation with Sony. We re-recorded all of our own music. And we own our version of our masters, and we licence out our own version.”

Chilli adds, “And it sounds exactly the same. You can not tell the difference.” T-Boz continued her wise advice, “Just re-record your stuff and licence out your version. You’ll be good. Because, we make some money off of our publishing now! I own all of my publishing now.”

Fans worldwide are now able to enjoy the new versions of TLC’s biggest hit singles, and can have the added reassurance that playing these verisons of the songs will directly benefit the ladies of TLC and not the pockets of their former record label!

What are your thoughts on the new versions of the TLC hits?

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Chilli is ‘Glowing’ and Officially in a Relationship with Matthew Lawrence

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We are super happy for Chilli, who is officially now dating Boy Meets World star Matthew Lawrence!

After posting their cute video together on social media dancing to a-ha’s classic, “Take On Me”, wearing matching onesies on Thanksgiving, Chilli’s rep and good friend Christal Jordan confirmed to multiple news outlets that the couple are indeed very happy together!

“I’ve been with Chilli since 2005 and I’ve never seen her this in love,” Christal told PEOPLE. “She is glowing. They are really cute together.” Christal confirmed that the new couple spent Thanksgiving and Christmas in Atlanta, where Matthew met Chilli’s family.

“Chilli is very specific, she’s a woman that knows what she wants,” Christal told Good Day Atlanta. “They actually built a beautiful friendship over the year and just recently, before the holidays, decided to take it to the next level once they both had kind of had some experience… She’s found the man of her dreams.”

Chilli and Matthew were spotted together on a beach in Hawaii last year, which began romantic speculations, but Christal set the record straight that they were just friends at the time and they weren’t dating. TLC was performing on tour on the island, and Matthew and his friends simply came to watch and later enjoyed some time on the beach.

Chilli is right when she said on her Instagram post, ‘God has perfect timing. Never early and never late. It takes a little patience and a lot of FAITH.’ Wishing both Chilli and Matthew all the best and continued happiness for many years to come!