Rozonda Ocelean Thomas (born February 27, 1971),
best known by her
stage name Chilli, is an
American R&B singer and actress who rose to fame as one third of the successful R&B/Hip-Hop/Pop
girl group TLC.
Early life
Rozonda Ocelean Thomas was born in
Atlanta, Georgia and graduated from B.E. Mays High School. Her father, Abdul Ali, was of
East Indian descent and her mother, Ava Thomas, is of
African American and
Native American descent.
Thomas, who had been raised by her mother, later allowed the
Sally Jessy Raphael television talk show to air footage of her meeting her father for the first time in 1996.
