Tlc ft lil mama biography

American rapper (born 1989)

Lil Mama
Lil Mama in 2018
Birth name	Niatia Jessica Kirkland
Born	(1989-10-04) Oct 4, 1989 (age 35) Brooklyn, New Dynasty City, U.S.
Genres	Hip hop
Occupations	Rapper singer songwriter dancer actress
Years active	2006–present
Labels

Musical artist

Niatia Jessica Kirkland (born October 4, 1989), better known by disclose stage nameLil Mama, is brainchild American rapper, singer, songwriter, playing field dancer.

She experienced top 10 Billboard placements at 17 take on her debut album VYP (Voice of the Young People) (2008), which debuted at number 25 on the Billboard 200. Grandeur album spawned her four senior singles including her staple expose and dance anthem "Lip Gloss", earning her two Teen Alternative Awards and Monster Single be frightened of the Year nominations at goodness MTV Video Music Awards.

Kirkland gained further attention in protrude music after a collaboration strip off Avril Lavigne for the remix of her hit single "Girlfriend".

Kirkland took a hiatus carry too far music after success of waste away hit single "Hustler Girl" be carried stay focused on serving whilst a judge for total forfeiture seven seasons on MTV's America's Best Dance Crew at authority age of 18 from 2008 to 2012.

Working with director and fellow judge Randy Pol, she served alongside JC Chasez, Shane Sparks, Mario Lopez, soar Layla Kayleigh.

She was ticket as Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes in the VH1 biographical coating CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story, which aired in October 2013 status garnered 4.5 million views difficulty the first night.

From illustriousness success of the film, Kirkland joined TLC on their outward appearance for their last album. She got the opportunity to send out a tribute to Lopes pressurize the 2013 American Music Fame performing the Grammy Award downhearted song "Waterfalls".

Kirkland continued anent remain in the public eyeball, returning to music, making novel tracks with fellow rapper Anchorwoman Lyte on her single "Ball".

She appeared on multiple ammunition covers and was back dust television with Growing Up Acquaintance Hop: Atlanta. In 2019, she starred in the film All In, alongside Traci Braxton.^[1]

Career

2006–2012: VYP (Voice of the Young People) and turmoil

She first introduced bodily as the "Birth of Hip-Pop" at the 2007 MTV Television Music Awards sporting a baby-styled look.

She later told MTV how she intended to wideranging and influence more artists mention spread the genre of hip-pop.^[2] After her 2009 re-release elaborate her single "L.I.F.E.", Kirkland extrinsic her fans to a by and large new side of the darker reality that young people visage. The song was followed induce a music video that guess the themes of the declare which included teen pregnancy, remedy addiction, child abandonment, domestic bestiality, and more.

Since the set free of her first album, Kirkland has been in and make plans for of studios making new penalisation. She released the single "Doughboy" (featuring Mishon). After that let she made appearances on disappear with other artists, including "Turn It Up" by Mishon instruct "Sexiest" by Yahaira. She as well released "On & On & On" and "NY NY Hostility LA" (featuring Snoop Dogg).^[3] Representation two singles were intended restrain be a part of take five second studio album, but in place of they were released on iTunes and digital download but were later removed for unknown causes.

She then released two ultra singles entitled "Scrawberry" and "Hustler Girl", both singles were followed by music videos. "Scrawberry" naturalized a new look for Kirkland, in which she would put on colorful wigs and futuristic attire; this would be her another style for next few years; however, the song was on the loose on her MySpace page squeeze YouTube, it was unclear in case it was removed from cyclosis services along with her show aggression two singles.^[4]

Kirkland was featured wrap up Lil Wayne's "A Milli"; she was brought on stage put off his concerts to perform prestige song.

Kirkland was featured dash the Grammy Award-nominated album First Love by Karina Pasian, uncomplicated close friend to Kirkland instruct a veteran music artist. Snare 2009, she announced the dub of her proposed sophomore autograph album as Voice of the Verdant People: I Am That^[5] care her single "What It Appreciation (Strike a Pose)" failed find time for chart.

The song was picture last single with a refrain video to be added less her album and was sentimental to commercialize the album. Honourableness song failed to chart.

On October 7, 2012, RCA Sound Group announced it was disbanding J Records along with Arista Records and Jive Records. Form a junction with the shutdown, Kirkland (and imprison other artists previously signed brand these three labels) would welfare future material on the RCA Records brand.

However, Kirkland esoteric left Jive before the transfer to RCA; she stated imprint an interview that she was not in the right keep up to make music and certain to take a hiatus.^[6][7]Voice cosy up the Young People: I Sketch That would have had visitant appearances including Soulja Boy, Khalil, Angel Haze, LoLa Monroe, Teyana Taylor, Trina, Keke Palmer, Nas, and Chris Brown, among blankness.

Due to her leaving Claptrap, the album never saw unembellished release and instead it move forwards with the few singles historical with Zomba Records were temporarily inactive, but she managed to turn loose some the songs directly on the internet for her fans which make-believe "Scrawberry", "On & On & On", and "NY NY Unsympathetic LA".

The other singles she planned to record with significance featured artist were never real and were disbanded. After parting Jive, Kirkland became an sovereign artist.

On June 13, 2012, America's Best Dance Crew came to a series finale. Kirkland had served as a aficionado for a total of vii seasons. The following year, she released a single titled "Bad as Me" on Myspace impressive YouTube.

2013–2017: CrazySexyCool: The Attention Story, "Sausage", Take Me Back, and When Love Kills: Goodness Falicia Blakely Story

In October 2013, Kirkland starred as Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes in the VH1 biographical film CrazySexyCool: The Aid Story, which aired on Oct 21, 2013, alongside Keke Wanderer and Drew Sidora, who niminy-piminy Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas and Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, respectively.^[8][9] The vinyl generated 4.5 million views of great magnitude one night.

This was be a foil for first acting debut and prison-breaking role, in which she accustomed positive feedback from Lopes' fans. Kirkland was the first walkout be cast and from both the success of the pelt and the close relationship she formed with Watkins and Saint. TLC took a chance rumination Kirkland, allowing her to terra firma for Lopes.

TLC took Kirkland on tour, and Kirkland execute out Lopes' legacy by milk her verses. Kirkland's journey cut off TLC came to end name they performed at the 2013 American Music Awards. Kirkland near TLC dedicated a performance medium "Waterfalls" to Lopes. After rendering tribute, Kirkland and TLC unpaid ways, and Kirkland went good manners to return to making medicine.

In November 2014, Kirkland mount AV were featured on Anchorman Lyte's song "Ball" from repel album Legend. The music television was released on November 13, 2014. Kirkland appeared in righteousness video with both artists, fitting out rap verses, along with divers of her signature dance moves.^[10] That same year, she round off the song live with AV and MC Lyte on The Real.^[11]

In May 2015, Kirkland free the video for her number cheaply "Sausage" on WorldStarHipHop.^[12] The sticky tag was inspired by the #SausageMovement on Vine^[13] after Kirkland heard two girls on a concourse corner following the trend.

Integrity video incorporates many themes together with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, voguing, Mary J. Blige, Caribbean devotion, and community fun. It at once went viral, with more stun 3 million views in secure first week, topping the Billboard + Twitter Top Tracks charts, passing Maroon 5's "Sugar" focus on knocking out Jason Derulo's "Want to Want Me".^[14] It retained itself steady in the summit 20 well into June, anti numerous dance studio and caper jams featuring choreography and routines on social media danced curry favor the track.^[15]

Kirkland got a run over to perform the song be alive during half time of decency 2015 BET Hip Hop Bays.

The track was not easy available for sale, being elsewhere from both iTunes and Colossus Music due to copyright issues;^[12] the track was only set on Kirkland's SoundCloud account refuse her website.^[16] The video further opted out of advertising receipts on YouTube, with no advertisements appearing before the music video.^[12] The following year, she unconfined another single "Memes" as capital response to memes made asset her after her notorious question period on The Breakfast Club.

Kirkland released Take Me Back, unblended mixtape which featured "Sausage" stall "Memes". The mixtape was adjacent up for sale on counterpart website and SoundCloud account, movement featured seven songs including deft cover and re-edition of Rihanna's "Work". The song received interbred reviews online both on YouTube and her website. People were not fond of her vocals on the hook, but darling her choreography.

The last trade mark to be added was "Too Fly", which caught less pursuit after her website was full down for unknown reasons. Nobleness music video was filmed go rotten a club featuring her junior brother Arnstar as one pale the dancers. She also attain her singing vocals on honesty hook. The song was further another copyright issue that couldn't be made for sale topmost solely released through her mixtape and her SoundCloud account.

Picture music video is a YouTube exclusive.

After her acting launch, Kirkland made what SOHH titled an "epic comeback". Kirkland was back on red carpets, furnish shows, talk shows, and publication covers. In 2016, Kirkland compelled an appearance on Hip Spring Squares as a contestant; ethics episode was highlighted because compensation the controversy Tamar Braxton begun with the host.^[17] That different year, Kirkland, alongside Dej Cake, gave a tribute to Lil' Kim at VH1's Hip Bound Honors, Lil' Kim later thanked Kirkland with a post fortify the tribute on her Instagram account.

In June 2015, Kirkland was listed as a featured speaker at an event angeled by BET and the Put to the test Hop Sisters Network. Titled "Women, Wealth and Relationships", the mild also featured guest speakers Master of ceremonies Lyte, Shanice, and Elise Neal, as well as main rabblerouser and financial advisor specialist Lynn Richardson.^[18] The event, held y-junction June 27, 2015, focuses deviation empowering black women both intrude their lives and financially, fitting out answers on such tough issues as men, money, and descent relationships.

On August 28, 2017, Kirkland returned to acting, key in the television film When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story, based on a literal story.^[19] It premiered to 1.6 million viewers, ranking as Telly One's #1 original movie first performance of all time among drain key demos.^[20] Kirkland, along arrange a deal director Tasha Smith and link co-stars Tami Roman and Have to do with Gross, went on a jaunt to promote the film innermost share Falicia Blakely's story.

2018–present: "Shoe Game" and Growing Put emphasis on Hip Hop: Atlanta

On April 17, 2018, Kirkland became competitor rule MTV's The Challenge: Champs vs. Stars, a competitive television miniseries in which celebrities would place up with pro-athlete champions contradict each other.

There, she fall down Drake Bell, and the unite would later go on the same as collaborate on his track "Call Me When You're Lonely".

On May 3, 2018, Kirkland at large a single titled "Shoe Game".^[21] The single was available without exception online for sale, streaming, last digital download. The single was later followed by a sound video, directed by Walu, in the bag May 25, 2018.

It became a YouTube exclusive, following trig million and twenty thousand views within five months.^[22] Kirkland went on to promote the unwed on the morning edition be alarmed about Total Request Live in seat September informing that this determination lead to a future publication. She was then followed distribute by Brynn Elliott after talk of her old album scold viewing of her greatest penalization videos which included "Lip Gloss", "Shawty Get Loose", and "G-Slide (Tour Bus)".

On September 9, 2018, Kirkland was a proprietor anchor man for the 2018 BET much-repeated Black Girls Rock!; she difficult to understand the privilege to work pounce on artists such as Queen Latifah, Janet Jackson, Mary J. Compel, etc.^[23][24] She presented the present to Shanay Thompson for team up M.A.D.

Girls celebrated by Coca-Cola.^[25][26] On September 25, 2018,Entertainment Tonight announced that Kirkland would come together the cast of The CW's All American as a posture character; this would be tea break first acting role since When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story.

On October 4, 2018, Kirkland appeared on TV One's morning talk show Sister Circle to discuss her latest unattached "Shoe Game", and her turn out cast on Growing Up Lively Hop: Atlanta. There, she acknowledged that she will be interconnecting the cast as a usual due to her move be introduced to Atlanta, Georgia, to work core her upcoming album that Genuflection Wow will be assisting tender co-produce and allow the mound to document her journey significance well as her experiences.

She also got to discuss deny acting career, as well introduce her taking vocal lessons overexert R&B singer Kelly Price; unlimited singing will debut on character intended album.

On October 18, 2018, Growing Up Hip Hop: Atlanta premiered for the progression of its second season. Kirkland made her debut on honesty first episode alongside Kiyomi Leslie and Masika Kalysha as sub for cast members who make for.

Kirkland stars alongside her adviser and new manager MC Lyte.^[27] On November 14, 2018, Kirkland made her debut appearance pay a visit to All American in its onefifth episode. She introduced her colorlessness, Chynna Q, an upcoming asset hop artist.

On June 13, 2019, she starred in ethics film All In, alongside Traci Braxton.^[1]

Personal life

Kirkland's mother, Tara, dull on December 15, 2007, people a four-year battle with mamma cancer.

Kirkland's music video portend "Shawty Get Loose" was consecrate to her memory; the individual won her a Teen Acceptance Award. Tara also happened connected with be featured in the prelude and closing of Kirkland's sound video for her hit one and only "Lip Gloss". Kirkland had engaged over guardianship over her former siblings along with the copy of her family and elder brothers.

She spoke about that at the red carpet misjudge MTV.^[28] Kirkland has stated she and her mother had wonderful close relationship and her popular relied on her for blue blood the gentry help in raising her other siblings.

Kirkland is the old sister of underground rapper scold dancer Arnstar, who was put in order regular on MTV's Wild 'n Out.

She is also efficient dancer in the New Royalty City street dancing crew W.A.F.F.L.E. Their crew garnered more thanks after making their appearance likeness The Ellen DeGeneres Show meticulous received a cash reward escape DeGeneres herself.^[29]

Controversies

At the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, Kirkland went onstage while Jay-Z and Alicia Keys performed "Empire State lay into Mind".

While Jay-Z was drain his final verse, Kirkland heraldry sinister her seat in the confrontation, got onto the stage, esoteric started bobbing her head acquiescence the beat. Jay-Z was amazed, but continued to perform. Apart before this moment, Beyoncé esoteric tried to hold her outlander going up. Jay-Z patted Kirkland on the leg to come clattering down back, jokingly telling her, "you T-Paining now," a reference sort out a similar incident two months earlier when T-Pain jumped have a feeling stage with Jay-Z at Summertime Jam during his performance exert a pull on "D.O.A.

(Death of Auto-Tune)". Cherished the end of the top score, Kirkland came to foreground impressive posed alongside Jay-Z and Keys. She later clarified that she "would never ... try advertisement disrespect Jay-Z or take spiffy tidy up moment that someone has built and try to relive proceed. I'm too original for guarantee and I respect him further much for that."^[30]

On August 11, 2011, Kirkland was a visitor on The Breakfast Club.

Decide on the air, tensions maroon between her and fellow DJ Charlamagne tha God as they exchanged jabs, with Charlamagne transfer up her VMAs incident forward the controversy between her existing Nicki Minaj. Two more DJs, Angela Yee and DJ Ill-will, chimed in, discussing her deficiency from music at the hold your fire. After some time, Kirkland distressed down in tears when attend mother's passing was brought up.^[31] Kirkland crying spawned numerous memes around the internet.^[32] Five lifetime later, Kirkland returned to The Breakfast Club to explain ground she cried, and the DJs and Kirkland exchanged apologies gather one another.

On March 10, 2016, Kirkland was arrested tend driving 38 mph in a 25 mph speed zone with a revoked license. The incident took proprietor in Harlem at around 4 a.m. Officers conducted an inquiry and Kirkland's driver's license was revoked. She went on tip off make a statement apologizing decimate her family, friends, and fans.^[33]

Discography

Main article: Lil Mama discography

Studio albums

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story	Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes	TV movie
2016	Wild entertain the Night	Val
2017	When Adore Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story	Falicia Blakely	TV movie
2018	Petey in the Park: The Misunderstanding	Taliya	Short
2019	All In	Keema
2020	True to the Game 2	Alia
2021	Fruits of position Heart	Maya
	True to the Distraction 3	Alia
	Hip Hop Family Christmas	A the Rapper	TV movie
2023	Sisters	Tia
	These Are Clean up Brothers	Carmen	Short
2024	A Trendy Hop Story	MC Ryte

Television

Awards extract nominations

BET Awards

MTV Video Music Awards

MTV Asia Awards

Teen Choice Awards

Vibe Awards

References

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