Studio Q attended the T-Boz Unplugged charity event held Sunday, January 15, 2017, during Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Weekend. The benefit concert was created to raise awareness and funds for Sickle Cell Disease for which T-Boz is an Ambassador and Role Model for. I spoke to Naughty by Nature, Dawnn Lewis, Kristian Alfonso, Dorien Wilson, Don Benjamin, Lamon Archey, Tonya Banks and T-Boz's daughter Chase on the red carpet before the show. They were all eager and excited to come out and support such a worthy cause.

This was my first time at the Avalon Hollywood and I absolutely loved the ambience. The show was so much fun and featured incredible performances from Snoop Dogg, Da Brat, Naughty by Nature and T-Boz who also sang 'Unpretty' with her daughter Chase. Funds from the event will support The MLK Sickle Cell Outreach Center of Los Angeles and The Sickle Cell Support Group of Atlanta. Check out my red carpet interviews below.

Check out Chase singing 'Unpretty' with her mom T-Boz below.

Cheryl Song - Original Soul Train Singer

I got a chance to watch Crazy, Sexy, Cool: The TLC Story with Lil Mama herself at Xen Lounge in Studio City, CA. It was fun to watch her reaction to different parts of the VH-1 movie. She could only watch in small doses. "I can't watch myself," she yelled one time. Most of the time she live tweeted or walked around. She just couldn't sit still. I on the other hand could not move. It was uncanny how much Lil Mama looked like Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopez.

She did a great job and seemed to have been born to play this part. According to Deadline, the biopic debuted to record ratings drawing 4.5 million viewers, making it the network's highest-rated telecast in more than five years. Deadline also reported that CrazySexyCool was the No. 1 original cable movie for the year. They even won the praises of Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes' sister, Reigndrop Lopes who praised Lil' Mama's performance. "I think Lil Mama did a good job at portraying my sis. She did her homework and studied Lisa. As a fan, I know it was important for Lil Mama to represent Lisa correctly and she did just that! Although the script didn't allow her to bring Lisa's true character to light. She did the best with what she had to work with. All the girls did a good job!" Check out my interview with Lil Mama following the screening. Watch below.

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