Rozonda Ocelean Thomas (born February 27, 1971), best known by her stage name Chilli, is an American R&B; singer and actress who rose to fame as one-third of the R&B;/hip-hop girl group TLC.
Rozonda Ocelean Thomas was born in Atlanta, Georgia and graduated from Benjamin E. Mays High School in Southwest Atlanta. Her father, Abdul Ali, was of West Indian descent and her mother, Ava Thomas, is of African American and Native American descent. Thomas,...
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Rozonda Ocelean Thomas (born February 27, 1971), best known by her stage name Chilli, is an American R&B; singer and actress who rose to fame as one-third of the R&B;/hip-hop girl group TLC.
Rozonda Ocelean Thomas was born in Atlanta, Georgia and graduated from Benjamin E. Mays High School in Southwest Atlanta. Her father, Abdul Ali, was of West Indian descent and her mother, Ava Thomas, is of African American and Native American descent. Thomas, who had been raised by her mother, later allowed the Sally Jessy Raphael television talk show to air footage of her meeting her father for the first time in 1996.
Thomas was first a dancer for Damian Dame. In 1991, she joined TLC, replacing founding member Crystal Jones, and was nicknamed "Chilli" so that the group could retain the name TLC. The group went on to sell over 45 million records worldwide and became the second best selling group in the world and first in the US girl groups of all-time.
Since the death of group member Lisa "Left...
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