Pebbitone and TLC
In 1989, Pebbles formed the Atlanta-based production company Pebbitone, which discovered and developed the R&B trio TLC. Under her guidance as a producer, director, marketing chief, and image maker, TLC released the 1992 quintuple-platinum debut album Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip, featuring the Top 10 hits "Baby, Baby, Baby", "Ain't Too Proud to Beg", and "What About Your Friends". In 1994, TLC released CrazySexyCool, which sold an unprecedented thirteen million albums and garnered the group a Grammy for Best R&B Album.
Eventually, tensions arose between Pebbles and TLC, and the group filed for bankruptcy amid claims that Pebbles was mismanaging their money. Pebbles denied these claims, and Pebbitone and TLC eventually parted ways. Her then-husband L.A. Reid later said: "TLC wanted Pebbitone out of their lives, and the only way they could get out was to file bankruptcy." Reid claimed that the dispute was "one of the breaking points in my marriage". The dispute with TLC and the disintegration of her marriage led Pebbles to leave the secular music industry altogether.
In 1997, Pebbles underwent a religious conversion. Under her new stage name "Sister Perri", she founded WOGCL (Women of God Changing Lives) Ministries. As an ordained minister, she now preaches and ministers through song. In 2008, after a 13-year music hiatus, Reid released her fourth album, Prophetic Flows Vol I & II, which peaked at #12 on the Billboard Gospel Album Chart.
In February 2011, Pebbles was named the executive producer/host of Essence's national R&B search.
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