Tionne Watkins

At 53 years old, Tionne Watkins has this physical status:

Tionne Tenese Watkins (born April 26, 1970), better known by her stage name T-Boz, is an American singer, poet, actress, and executive producer.

Watkins, who was born in Des Moines, Iowa, came to fame in the early 1990s as a member of the TLC's girl group.

She has received four Grammy Awards for her work with TLC.

Early life

Tionne Watkins was born in Des Moines, Iowa, on April 26, 1970, to James and Gayle Watkins. She has claimed that she is of African American, Native American, and Irish descent. When she was nine years old, Watkins' family migrated from Des Moines to Atlanta, Georgia.

Personal life

Watkins was diagnosed with sickle cell anemia as a child. Due to the acute illness, she has been in and out of the hospital since the age of seven. In 1996, T-Boz introduced the disease to the public, and she later became one of the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America's spokesperson. She was hospitalized for four months following a outbreak of sickle-cell anemia in 2002. She is the national co-chair of the progressive group Health Care Voter.

Watkins married rapper Mack 10. Chase Anela Rolison, the couple's daughter, was born prematurely on October 20, 2000, just a few months later. She filed for divorce in June 2004 and requested a restraining order against Mack 10. In 2012, Watkins and Chase moved from Atlanta to Los Angeles, California, in order for Chase to be closer to her father.

Watkins revealed in October 2009 that she had secretly battled a potentially lethal brain tumor for three years. She was diagnosed with a grape-sized acoustic neuroma on her vestibular nerve that impacted her balance, height, hearing, sight, and facial mobility in March 2006. Many physicians refused to treat the tumor due to her sickle-cell-related disorders, leaving her choices bleak. She had surgery at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles and recovered.

In February 2011 and then again in October 2011, Watkins filed for bankruptcy. Watkins spent $9,000 a month and owed $770,000 on her house, according to another reporter Nina Parker, who cited Watkins' medical bills and brain tumor.

Watkins revealed in June 2016 that she had adopted Chance, a 10-month-old boy.

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Career

Crystal Jones held auditions for a vocal group and selected Watkins and Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes from a list. Perri "Pebbles" Reid and her partner, Antonio "L.A." Reid, LaFace Records' founder, were eventually attracted the company's attention. Jones was recruited as TLC by Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas, and the company was established in 1991 as TLC. The profitable company has sold more than 65 million copies worldwide. As a member of TLC, T-Boz has received four Grammy Awards.

In late 2011, VH1 announced plans to produce a biopic of the organization. Watkins and Thomas were among the artists. CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story premiered on October 21, 2013. Watkins' role was played by actress/singer Drew Sidora. Chase, Watkins' daughter, portrayed a younger Tionne in the film.

Watkins' solo albums, including "Touch Myself" (for the soundtrack to the 2000 film Rugrats in Paris: The Movie), in addition to her TLC appearances. In addition, she has appeared on "Ghetto Love" with Da Brat, "Changes" with Society of Soul, "He Says" with Keith Sweat, "Different Times" with Raphael Saadiq, and "Be Somebody" with Paula Cole. She has appeared on YoungBloodZ's "It's Good" as well as "It's Good." Watkins' "Champion" became her first solo song in over 15 years on January 22, 2013. The album was digitally released, and proceeds went to help people suffering from Sickle Cell Disease. Watkins' new single, "Dreams," appeared on September 6, 2017.

Watkins has appeared in Hype Williams' 1998 film Belly as an actor. She appeared in two episodes of Living Single for the first time as guest-starring alongside her bandmates and another without them. Watkins was one of the executive producers of the 2006 film ATL starring rapper T.I. Kandi Burruss' companion on The Real Housewives of Atlanta. Pam Grier appeared in an episode of the Adult Swim series Black Dynamite. Watkins was a participant in the eight season of The Apprentice, placing in 11th place in 2009. Totally T-Boz, Watkins' reality TV show, premiered on the TLC network in January 1, 2013 and ran four episodes. The show chronicled Watkins' quest to record a solo album, reunite with bandmember Chilli, and her relationship with her daughter Chase.

In 2016, Watkins and Chili joined actress Zoe Saldana onstage for her second round appearance of "No Scrubs" on Spike's Lip Sync Battle against actor Zachary Quinto. On Days of Our Lives, Sheila, a hardened prisoner, began a two-month acting stint in November 2016. In both 2017 and 2018, Watkins will return to Days of Our Lives as a recurring character, portraying the zany ex-con Sheila. In 2017, she lent her voice to a character in Trolland, also known as Trollz, a direct-to-DVD CGI-animated film.

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