Tionne Tenese Watkins : T-Boz

  born: April 26, 1970 in Des Moines, Iowa

  began performing: started singing in church

  influences: Prince, Janet Jackson, Patti LaBelle

  role in TLC: main singer, business head of TLC

  Named one of People's '50 Most Beautiful People of 1995

  Other projects:

  acting role as 'Tionne' in Hype Williams' 1998 film 'Belly'

  Started own companies: Shee Inc. and Grunge Girl Music

  released 'Touch Myself' - controversial song included on

  soundtrack Fled

  started a clothes line with Dallas Austin called Grungy

  Glamorous

  wrote a book of poetry and has a cartoon in progress