About Tionne Watkins
Tionne Tenese Watkins (born April 26, 1970), also known by her stage name T-Boz, is an American singer and actress. Watkins rose to fame in the early 1990s as a member of the best selling girl group TLC, with whom she won four Grammy Awards. As a solo artist, she reached the Billboard Hot 100 with "Touch Myself" in 1996, and as a featured artist on Da Brat's 1997 single, "Ghetto Love". == Early life == Tionne Watkins was born in Des Moines, Iowa, on April 26, 1970, to James and Gayle Watkins. She has written that she is of African American, Native American and Irish descent. Her parents divorced when she was three years old. Watkins' mother moved her from Des Moines to Atlanta, when she was nine years old, after living in California and Houston for a short time. As a teen, she worked as an apprentice in an Atlanta hair salon, participating in hair shows and competition. She won her first competition at the age of 14. Watkins also attended Cosmetology school and worked at a local McDonald's before becoming a music artist.
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