"T-Boz. (Cover Story)." People 53.18 (2000): 136. Academic Search Complete. Web. 22 Feb. 2016.
T-Boz from the group TLC was diagnosed at age 7 with sickle-cell disease. She had a lot of insecurities which help her to come up with a poem “Unpretty”.The poem “Unpretty” became the group TLC No. 1 single. She got the idea after watching a Ricki Lake show featuring women being berated by their spouses for being overweight. ("You can buy your hair if it won't grow/you can fix your nose if he says so"), the song talks about loving you inner self.
T-Boz from the group TLC was diagnosed at age 7 with sickle-cell disease. She had a lot of insecurities which help her to come up with a poem “Unpretty”.The poem “Unpretty” became the group TLC No. 1 single. She got the idea after watching a Ricki Lake show featuring women being berated by their spouses for being overweight. ("You can buy your hair if it won't grow/you can fix your nose if he says so"), the song talks about loving you inner self.