E-mail a friendJuly 22, 2005
Time magazine's Christopher John Farley discusses the current state of the music business. TLC's T-Boz and Chilli consider life without their "sister."
Christopher John Farley
Christopher John Farley
As a Time senior editor, Christopher John Farley has interviewed such heavyweights as Aretha Franklin, Neil Young, Chris Rock and Oprah. He's also written two novels, including the recently released Kingston by Starlight. At Harvard, he was an editor at the Crimson and the Lampoon and contributed articles to the Boston Globe and Chicago Tribune. Born in Jamaica and raised in New York, Farley co-wrote The Blues, the tie-in to the PBS documentary. He's also working on a biography of Bob Marley.
T-Boz & Chilli
As members of the Grammy-winning R&B group TLC, Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas were part of one of the biggest-selling female groups of the '90s. They sold more than 27 million albums worldwide. After a tragic '02 car accident took the life of their bandmate, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, they persevered. They released a fourth CD and have a new series, R U the Girl?, on UPN. Blending comedy and reality, the show's winner gets to record and perform live with T-Boz and Chilli as they begin the next stage of their careers.