T-Boz Says Industry Turned its Back on TLC, Calls Out LA Reid, Drake, Nelly, & T.I.

T-Boz opened up about the industry's treatment of TLC during an interview with Hollywood Unlocked. The TLC member claimed that after the death of fellow member, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, the music industry turned its back on the trio.

"Honestly, when Lisa died, the whole industry turned on us. Ev-er-y-body," T-Boz stated three minutes into the interview. "They was like, 'It’s over for them. They’re never going to do it again.' And I kept saying, 'Nah bruh that still doesn’t hinder my talent and my passion to sing and dance.' It’s in my soul. So I was just like, you just have to find that one person to say yes and find your new normal. We all know it's never going to be the same again but you find your new normal and you keep going. And that is what Lisa would want us to do and I have kids to feed, so why would I stop? It’s TLC forever, whether she’s physically here or not."

T-Boz followed up her statement by mentioning the names of people that she feels slighted the group.

"I’ll call em all out, I don’t care," T-Boz started. "LA [Reid], all the big execs who we put on the map, made them all kind of millions. It was like, 'Umph.'"

The TLC member then directed her attention towards artists when recalling the group's 2014 performance for VH1's Super Bowl concert series.

"Then the artists. I remember the one who said yes was VH1 Superbowl Blitz," T-Boz recalled. "That concert was the most stressful, hectic concert but it ended up being the greatest. Like, our sound guy, his stomach exploded. He was in the ER. Nelly was supposed to open, he was on a plane. As soon as he land and we have a police escort, he’s like, 'I got to get my hair cut.' And Dougie Fresh came through and Misty Copeland. I was like maybe God wanted it this way so we can still prove to people that we don’t need anybody else to rock a show. Drake he pulled out. We had just did his OVO Fest. He was like, 'I don't know, I'm working on my performance.' So we were like, 'Oh my God!' T.I., everybody."

While calling out the various artists and music execs, she did acknowledge their possible reasons for not wanting to be associated with the group during that time.

"I don’t blame them," T-Boz said. "Sometimes you wonder if it was like you’re worried that you're going to look sucker-free Sunday standing next to us because it may be over or you don't want to be a part of that."

T-Boz said the VH1 concert ended up being a success and put TLC back on the map. Check out the rest of the interview to hear T-Boz describe having her birthday on the day after Left Eye's death and more.