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Saturday, June 24, 2017 7:00am ET by  

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TLC's Chilli on the music industry: 'I've learnt the hard way: sign your own cheques'

TLC are back with a new album called 'TLC', out next Friday (June 30) released with the help of a Kickstarter campaign.

The band were one of the biggest girl bands in the '90's but went bankrupt in 1995 and lost band member, Lisa 'Left-Eye' Lopez in a car crash in 2002 when she was only 30.

The two remaining members, Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins and Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas spoke to the Guardian about their past career and their future plans. Speaking about the bankrupty, Chilli said: 

"If I could go back, I would definitely change a couple of things business-wise. I have learned the hard way: sign your own cheques, make sure your taxes are in shape and whatever your company is, it’s always good to get it audited. If you don’t have anything to hide, it’s not a worry."

T-Boz chips in: “It’s not personal, it’s business. Everyone in this industry has an agenda. Accountants, lawyers, people you think you know will keep running up the bill. You have to watch your back on every corner.

“I will never forget the day we were millionaires for literally five minutes because the cheque was written to us and we had to sign it over, back to [Pebbles, their former manager]. But we won’t get into that since we’re still in a lawsuit.”

The girls also reveal they turned down 'Hit Me Baby One More Time' the song that launched Britney Spears' singing career:

Kissing her teeth, T-Boz says: "We already did 'Baby, baby, baby'."

T-Boz and Chilli are in their late 40's now and reflected on the other lessons they have learned over the years. T-Boz reveals:

"You start off with so many friends but as you get older, you only need one or two. I’m not open to just letting people into my life, I need an asset not a liability.”

TLC Self-Titled Album Tracklist
01. No Introduction
02. Way Back (feat. Snoop Dogg)
03. It’s Sunny
04. Haters
05. Perfect Girls
06. Interlude
07. Start a Fire
08. American Hold
09. Scandalous
10. Aye MuthaFucka
11. Joy Ride
12. Way Back (feat. Snoop Dogg) [Extended Version]

Pre-order the new album TLC self-titled album here.  

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