TLC
This week, two of TLC's top fansites bitterly complained on the
social networking website Twitter
that the female duo had been dropped from Epic/Sony records because of
their former manager, Pebbles, being angry with the portrayal of her in
the movie "CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story" (
Pebbles
Being Blamed For TLC Being Dropped From Sony Music's Epic Records But
The Truth Is...).
Chilli of TLC (Rozanda Thomas)
Television network VH-1 issued a retraction to Pebbles on the former "true story" rebranding it a
"fictionalized" account of events that transpired and no
"reasonable person" should take it literally. However, some
fans of TLC have been directing a lot of hate and animosity towards
Pebbles on Twitter.
Pebbles
However, when TLC were removed from the Epic/Sony recently, the webmasters
of a couple TLC fansites, drew the public's attention to it and blamed
Pebbles as the reason behind it. However, as a pr rep pointed out to me
and others on Twitter, L.A. Reid has since issued a tweet stating,
"sorry folks- @OfficialTLC have not been dropped by @Epic_Records
and yes we @officialchilli and @tbozworld are friends 4 life!"
Either the fansites were misinformed or the usage of the words
"sorry folks" in L.A. Reid's statement indicates they were
dropped but have been reinstated. Either way, as the Judiciary Report
pointed out yesterday, TLC's sales new are too low (50,000 units in one
month) as artists
selling five times as many units have been dropped.
Tweets about TLC being dropped from Epic/Sony
The whole dynamic of the group changed when Lisa Lopes died a decade
ago in a tragic car accident. Things haven't been the same since, then
the group went on an extended hiatus. Many younger audiences do not
know who TLC are, though the biopic did grant them new exposure.
