Perri "Pebbles" Reid 1991

[BricktownBubba]

@musiclover77able She said that she was biracial in another interview.

[superserial1]

She's a pretty girl, but good God, she must have 10 pounds of makeup on. No need for all that.

[brightlights456X]

ooohhh, LA Reid. The bald guy off American X-Faxtor.

[blackdurga87]

@musiclover77able ur a idiot this lady is mix race. blk ppl r dark huge noses

[lookatdadamage94]

@blackdurga87 all black pple are dark with big noses? ok and all white pple are pale with thin lips and long beak noses, asians all have tight eyes and a flat face, and hispanis all r short and fat with lots of kids..u see how dumb it is to stereotype a race, dumass?

[Concept0000]

beautiful

[carlagriffin1]

She reminds me apollonia

[SuchAPrettyMess]

this lady is so damn fine, i don't care if i'm goin to hell for having unpure thoughts bout another female in that way lol

[NiVeA5678]

her son is that kid from "Sweet Sixteen" a few yrs ago and then he did a "Rockstar 21" party on MTV about a week ago. he looks just like her.

[abalto]

Why did Ebonics or whatevever take over and dumbafy all the black folks?

[REYES22227]

Check it 1981 summer in Oakland ..ridding my bike around lake merrit ....there was pebbs and her girls just tanning out in on the lawn .Ya`ll just dont know woman is fine and today she is still a banger .

[Dablkwid0w2008]

@REYES22227

I hope you didnt fall off your bike lol

[Cairokmt]

Yeah Pebbles came first and she's a natural beauty- no weaves or contacts and not half naked. Love Pebbles!

[TheSupernova247]

@Cairokmt Hi. Here, here! I couldn't agree with you more. Pebbles was a true beauty! > :-)

[blackdurga87]

@Cairokmt she is mix race

[Ruthlyn]

why is she so leaned over??

[MYheroMJrip]

she is beautiful. never heard of her actually.

[TheSupernova247]

@MYheroMJrip Hi. How are you? Wow, really - you've never heard of her? Her songs 'Girlfriend' and 'Mercedes Boy' were very popular back in the day. I think you would really enjoy them if you haven't heard them.

[TheSupernova247]

@MYheroMJrip ....oh, and her song 'Giving You the Benefit' was great, too. > :-)

[visionimagify]

Is she Latino?

[TheSupernova247]

@visionimagify Hi. No, she's black.

[joebrown]

@visionimagify nope!

[dfucku1]

Funny she don't say she cheated on her first baby (daughter Ashley Smith) by her suppose husband George Smith with LA Reid.

[mrtoomy]

Daaaammmnn. She's fuckin hot.

[ShortTrackNews]

@mrtoomy Go watch her video Giving you the Benefit, man is she smoking hot in that video

[EbonyLioness]

This is an example of timing. I think if Pebbles came out in 2000 and was still with L.A. Reid, she would be as big as Beyonce. She's a beautiful woman, an awesome singer and in my opinion, could have been a model. I think she left the business due to, first, taking care of her family, and after her divorce, her focus on her born-again Christianity.

The mess with TLC probably also disillusioned her about the industry as well.

[lovejoypain]

She sounds different in real life...all deep and husky. Yet she looks like a wallflower in her videos. I expected her to sound all innocent and squeeky clean

[racenemo]

Pebbles being pretty is an UNDERSTATEMENT

I had problems with my wife in those days for liking her.

[TheTallMan35]

She is a christian minister now just like Vanity. She goes by the name Sister Perri.

[ktc311]

Good looking and beautiful voice!

[retatas]

she hasn`t change @ all OMG she looks so good

[wakeupanddo]

she looks very black to me.

[panamaniak]

@wakeupanddo Lol! She IS!

[wakeupanddo]

@panamaniak no, I was talking about a comment that someone else made, They said she did not really look black. My reply was looks black to me , I do not see anything but.

[panamaniak]

@wakeupanddo Lol! Sorry about that! :)

[jsmithprivatedancer]

I LOVE U PEBBLES. There's no way in hell i will divorce Pebble. I 'll take her shit. Love U

[crazysexycool432355]

She never truely answer the question asked

[dmia123]

if it wasn´t for who?? heeeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy­y

[coolbud1]

how's the host, man, he looks cute!

[wakeupanddo]

she looks black to me

[salomonprince]

I love her, shes real, and shes beautiful.

[1998CrownVictoria]

white makes it always look right

[jcsrealty]

She has a big nose and an orangatang forehead. Vanity was the prettiest out of all of them.

[wakeupanddo]

@jcsrealty vanities mother was not black her father was, and she referred to him as a big black gorilla on one on the talk shows. This offended many people I could careless she was a bimbo any way. ( talking about Vanity)

[AllPeopleGifts]

@wakeupanddo Actually she did *not* 'refer' to him as a gorilla She 'compared' him to one (on the Tonight Show in the '80s) In later interviews, she explained her comment & shared how he was horrifically violent & abusive with her, her mom & her siblings & was the main reason she/they ran away In fact, much of her drug abuse was an attempt to erase memories of her childhood (same w/ the DeBarges) Everyone says she gets along great w/ all other black people, white people & people of color

[wakeupanddo]

@AllPeopleGifts SEMANTICS MY DEAR.

[MAJISTYGOD]

BLACK is simply an ideinity that ALL THOSE with AFRICAN HERITAGE can I dentify with ......

REDBONES TODAY are tryin so hard to PASS FOR WHITE !.....

[RepoVendors]

Very FENININE LADY!!!

[BabyG18]

love her style

especially in the Backyard remix

[throp1]

2B sure as I said B4 this was a marriage of minds although I think LA popped the question as Babyface was preoccupied with those string arraingments He had to "," settle for Tracy!!!

[AAu99]

Still Sexy now..

[TamekaGilliam]

I was sorry that they broke up.

[acecashexpress]

She has always been beautiful, she looks way better than that bitch beyonce, i love mercedes boy i have all her 12inch remixes and ablums, cd's

[countbelchula]

Boner Achieved!

[Cristine0787]

She looks puerto rican!

[dsamaiable]

pebbles acccent sounds puerto rican. espeacially when she sayd "relationship" and "love". she's awesom, smart, classy and beautiful and very talented.

[Youttubi]

Pebbles is pretty.

[AfricanArtFan]

Pebbles: ... I am here to prove that you can still do what you want to do in life.

[Irockgswift]

Beautiful woman but turned out to be the devil in disguise after what she did to tlc.

[crazysexycool432355]

What did she do to TLC?

[ilikesexyness1000]

she cheated them out of thiier money pull up tlc behind the music it will tell you what happened

[CloudsBeyond]

flirtwd fake faith healing wth? any links

[flirtwd]

well we all know what happened between her and LA Reid.

And she was fucked when she brought TLC to him.

Anyway, she's like 50 and fake faith healing in Compton. stealing dumb niggas money. Get out of here devil!!!

Jesus take the wheel.

[djtenn]

no, she's a Minister and not fake. She suffered the ass end of a bad situation. But, make no mistake about it, she was ONLY MADE to be the ONE bad guy. ..Duh..LaFace. Can we say Toni

Braxton, Usher, Highland Place Mobster (and they never got famous)... do your homework. Nothing wrong with ambition and knowledge. Pebbles had been around since about 1982.. Check out Bill Summers & Summer's Heat .. she's there

[dbedfo1]

@djtenn what was Pebbles doing back in 1982?

[djtenn]

@dbedfo 1. I was saying simply that she had begun working in the earlier part of the 1980's and the she was associated with Bill Summers & Summer's Heat before she began working with Con Funk Shun (in 1984).

[tdivinebeauty33]

OK Pebbles not mixed lol...she is a light bright from Oaktown.

[Mega420kid]

and let's not forget she also was the bitch that made tlc broke.

[jacquelyn1970]

I know I am telling the truth. Also Pebbles last husband was crack head Otis Nixon. I lived in Atlanta for 8 years. I heard alot about her. She and Otis was using drugs. She had the nerves to be on You Tube with Cece Winans praying for whitney but the truth to the matter is, that pebbles uses drugs herself. Pebbles is a former prostitute. She ranwith a drug dealer.

[csj3rd]

Pure beauty

[cashlewis]

Man Always is a classic. Pebbles come back please.  I still listen to your music everyday. 4 real

[BettyB313]

her hair is so pretty.

[elderkev]

She is beautiful and her hair is real

[SuchAPrettyMess]

preach it!! she expressed back in the day in Ebony magazine she was hurt when people whispered and *LIED* about her having a weave... obviously out of jealousy for this stunning woman!!!!

[lifeinterrupted]

HURT over people thinking her hair is fake? Wow. I can think of many more things to be HURT about. It's not that serious.

[babajohn0]

Well... I think she may have meant "hurt" meaning, why did they think it is fake to begin with??? Not every single person with hair past her shoulder, has fake hair!??? So, ya that could bug a person a bit... And I think it is obvious that it is REAL. You can always tell, and jealousy cant take that away.... Sorry.

[lifeinterrupted]

Well...as someone with hair past my shoulders, I still maintain that it's not that serious. Then again, I'm not fool or arrogant enough to think that everyone is jealous of my hair. When ppl ask if my hair is real, I tell them and keep it moving. Why they ask is irrelevant. It's not worthy of any emotion. Like I said, it's not that serious but some ppl like the attention of being "hated" (in their own minds).

[babajohn0]

Yes, I understand what you are relaying... it is not a big deal. But, I was just trying to imagine the kind of hurt SHE was talking about... It doesn't hurt me either, but it is still a silly question. One that I have never asked anyone in my life, because it doesn't matter and most of the time I can tell anyway... on all sorts of nationalities. Not just on people of African decent... But, I get asked about this all the time........ and it is so strange.

[kbarrett731]

She looks like Beyonce right here.

[AutopsyReport22]

kbarrett: No way! This woman is 10X prettier than Beyonce! Someone asked what she was mixed with and I think her parents were just high yellow blacks.

[kbarrett731]

I just mean her hair and face look like one of Beyonce's looks.

[musicploitation]

This is way older than Beyonce's first record, if anyone is swagger jacking then its Bey's emulating Miss Pebbs. However I think the similarity is purely coincidential.

[Zeebo89]

tooo right!!! Beyoncee is a dog

[IkkiTousen101]

no, beyonce looks like pebbles, pebbles was around first and as a matter of fact i think pebbles look better !!!!!!

[JackaLBLK]

@IkkiTousen101

Agreed. She's definitely a 12 to Beyonce's 8.

[CheBrigade]

i own a picture of her and a big old brotha who used 2 own th bank of oakland.she always been a paper chaser

[imalwaysright08]

i had the biggest crush on her back in the day!!! And she still fine!

[romarius2005]

She's fine. I wonder what she's mixed with

[statelybird3]

Why does she have to be mixed to be fine? She's probably 100% black---she's pretty period---she's quit the music business years ago and is now a minister in California, I think. She could sing,though---I loved "Mercedes Boy" and "Girlfriend",as well as that beautiful duet she did with Babyface.

[romarius2005]

I just said I wonder what she's mixed with I've always been curious and I never said that you had to be "mixed" to be fine lol any person who would say that she's black 100% would be ignorant and a dumb ass because it is so prominent in her features. No one is 100% anything. That's how society have us to be conditioned to believe

[JavonteTreble]

romarius2005, I'm turning that thumbs down that someone gave you into a thumbs up. I agree, it's quite obvious that Pebbles is mixed. I hate all the "What? Only mixed people can look like blah blah blah and not black people?". Shit is ignorant, and I'm black. It's not rocket science.

[Janissi42]

Just for the record, she is not mixed. Somewhere in her background she is just like most black people. She's just a light-skinned black woman. There are black (not mixed) people who look like her. Ya dig.

[Applebaum]

@Janissi42 not if they descend from west africa where all the slaves came from. we didnt not come off the ships looking as pale and wavey haired as her

obviously shes mixed raced as are all 'African Americans'

because of Slavery and other factors

the blackness in diasporic black people comes frm west Africa

West Africans even today despite much of it being colonised ,most of them are very dark black skin, thick black afro textured hair most of them do not look like Peebles. 1 drop rule is dead

[Janissi42]

@Applebaum I never made up the one drop rule, so to many, it is not dead. Secondly, you agreed with what I said. I stated that most blacks have mixtures somewhere in their background. When I talk about Pebbles not being "mixed," I'm stating that both her parents are AA. Unless I hear otherwise, I'll stick with that.

[Applebaum]

@Janissi42 the 1drop rule is what Racist white law makers made up to keep wealth white &2insure that the white race in the usa wasn't made extinct.

she has some african blood but is v evidently mixed +theres nothing wrong with being mixed raced in 2010 look at Barack Obama etc

denying that she has white people in her lineage is like denying Slavery ever happened. during slavery they would rape west africans they kidnapped regularly they sometime called the kidnapped african women 'bedwarmers'

[Janissi42]

@Applebaum I know exactly where the "one drop rule" came from. I overstand what you are saying. I never said anything was wrong about being mixed race. I don't think Pebbles identified herself as being mixed (I could be wrong, but I've never seen her identified as such). We all have white lineage in our blood, but don't go around calling ourself mixed. I don't know why people are so obsessed with this subject. Anyway, she's a beautiful woman regardless.

[seinfeildsucks]

@Applebaum Peeples is 100% black both her parents were black. My ex girl was a little lighter than her and both her parents were black. There a white people who both parents were white that have black features like Angelina Jolie and Kim Kardasian. People don't like diversity in this society. They want to lable people on what they feel most comfortable with.

[blackdurga87]

@seinfeildsucks ur a idiot black people are dark its genetics get over it and alot of blacks in america r mix race

[mysweetiepie92]

@blackdurga87 you're fucking stupid just shut up

[romarius2005]

thank you...it is quite obvious...

[Janissi42]

You don't even know what you are talking about. There is no one way black people look sweetie. No one is really 100% black. I suggest you pick up a book and learn about black heritage. We all have mixtures in our background, but there are black women who look like her with two black parents. Sheesh. BTW, what does 100% black mean to you?

[romarius2005]

First off why don't you shut da fuck up no ones gives a fuck about what you got to say. And you just made yourself stupid. you said that no one is 100% black. Duh...it's quite obvious that somewhere down in the genes she had fair-skinned people in her family. And i wrote this 2 months ago??? you must be very young, or if u are older than me you are a damn dumb ass crash dummy without the helmet. Who gives a fuck about what u gotta say. Go read a book !

[Janissi42]

And you have a nice day too, sweetie :-)

[Janissi42]

Relax baby. It's not that serious. You asked who cares what I have to say. Apparently you do because you responded to my post. Save your breath the next time. I don't interact with young, immature people. You are way too young to have so much anger. Get some help for that, okay. Peace.

[romarius2005]

Well then why don't you stop wasting your time sending me these stupid ass messages. Obviously you are a dumb retarded bitch, who don't know her history. Stop sending me these stupid ass messages, and wht don't yo grow up stupid bitch.

[Janissi42]

OH, go play in traffric you obvious waste of life. I'm not the one up hear sounding like a damn maniac. Get over yourself, asshole. Don't respond to me again because this is my last message to your stupid, immature, ignorant ass. I'll talk to you this way because obviously that's the only language you understand. You are therefore blocked!

[romarius2005]

damn u just don't know when to quit...got too much time on ya hands.....give a round of applause for the dummest ignorant bitch in the world.....dumb black bitch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!

[seinfeildsucks]

Pebbles is 100% Afro american I thought she was mixed myself until I googled it. You don't know that these ppl. are the most diverse ppl. in skin color. I have seen black ppl. who are black as cole to whiter than me and both their parents were black as hell. Something in their genes that is out of whack because I have seen some black ppl white as snow way lighter than peebles she is dark compared to them. Reallly weird!

[msannike]

why do the genes have to be out of whack? thats a small-minded, almost borderline racist thing to say... So just because i am light skinned and neither of my parents appear to be caucasian, that makes me weird?!?!?!

[tkirtsey]

@Janissi42 HEY GUYS GUESS WHAT...... WHO CARES WHAT SHE IS?????? SHES HOT!!!

[nothinghumanlovesfor]

I agree with u

[manlover32]

Love you, Pebbles, for giving props to Janet.

[rassledassle82]

She's beautiful

[PurposeActive]

When ever i see Pebbles i just have a foreboding feeling, Its the same feeling i get when i see Don King. Its something very shady about these kind of people in regard to the way they do business.

[djtenn]

Pebbles was married to George Smith. He was also her manger. Then she married LA Ried. Then she married Otis Nixon. She is a really nice woman, minister, and christian who leaves a strong impact on you. She is a good example of what the music industry is really like and how to survive it as well. She didn't break TLC: she managed them. LaFace is the one who signed their artists into rip off contracts...not Pebbitone. Have some respect 'jacquelyn1970' for what you don't know.

[MrSexxxy20]

I understand your side of it. However, the manager of the group is suppose to see that the group in which they are managing get's the BEST contract. Pebbles didn't do that. And look at how shady it was from the get go. She has a group right.....Brings them to THEM husband L.A. They are signed. Who's getting the majority of the money after Pebbles, L.A. and writers/producers it's was NOT TLC. I believe that Pebbles knew they were cash cows and she used that to her advantage.

[jacquelyn1970]

pebbles is a demon. She slept with anothers woman husban that who she had her daughter from when she was 18 years old. His name was George Smith. She then married him after his wife had died of cancer. Pebbles moved in the home the day of the funeral. She was a prostitute before she married him. She then had an affair with L.A.Reid on her then husband George Smith. Then she had an affair on L.A.

[pinknblu38]

oh quit!

:/

[zava34]

yeah but a pretty redbone is hard to pass up

[sillyposter]

How do know this? I am not doubting you or endorsing you-I am just curious! I do not really care one way or the other-just curious.

[Zeebo89]

you ol heffa wif da venom on her tongue!!!!stop talking trash!!! It wasnt even like that you need to keep yo allegations to yo'self!!! Didnt yo mama ever tell you there aint nothin worse than a gossip?

GET A GRIP OR STAY DA FUK AWAY!!!

[Machelle3200]

@jacquelyn1970 OH HELL NO! no wonder this chick is a preacher now...hell she done committed every sin in the Bible....lol

[CoolBreeze250]

@jacquelyn1970 I read this somewhere. I've never heard Pebbles mention anything about her first husband. Has she ever talked about those things?

[inaj27]

Pebbles be singin "Im tellin you LOVE! ... makes money Haaapppeeennn! you never who you gonna do, or never know whatcha gonna do!" LOL

[smthcmnl]

Ooooooohhh...On The TLC Tip!

[Ashleyyo29]

give it up for the golddiggers

[pinknblu38]

stop hating..my goodness.

:P

[DivaNLA]

Cool video. I always thought she was so pretty and stylish back in the day! She has aged very gracefully. Love the maturity and presence she displays in this video as well.

[landobnice]

I so agree with you!!!

[misstoi]

Great videos!! I used to watch the show back in the day. I would love to see interviews with Mariah and Karyn White.

[LoliLoli83]

I heard that she did 'somethings' but she still seems really lovely in this video.

[masculine31]

LA & BABY FACE *ROBBED TLC* lol...just look at all da other artist on LAFACE Records ~HINT~ Toni Braxton etc...who had to file BK...come on people know wut da fuk ur typing about, b4 u type it...

[TheTallMan35]

Masculine31: You are right. That didn't surprise me at all. This industry is full of snakes.

[chaliceofchange]

You are speaking some real truth. The rest were lucky to get out with some elastic on their draws... Pebbles learned the deal Either hoe up or get some game and get some one else to do it

[apatte4975]

lmao

[alvindalvin]

I think people are going by what TLC said, not comparing other LA/Face artist, but what TLC actually said out of their mouths. You manager is supposed to make sure you get the best contract possible and take care of the artist not the label. That's why they get 20% of your gross. She was TLC's manager. I always raise an eyebrow wen the manager also works for the label you're signed to. "Conflict of Interest"

[MrSexxxy20]

EXACTLY!!!! Not only did Pebbles work for the label but she was married to the man who was in charge of it. Hummmmm...That's not going to work lol Somebody is getting WAY to much money.

[5116789]

lovin this video!! leave me a comment

lovin this video!! leave me a comment fT

[Pariah2001]

Man...there should be a law against one woman having so much fine!!!

[Steadno]

She robbed TLC!

[Clacci34]

That she did...

[tigerlilyeyez]

Pebbles did not rob TLC. LA Reid did. After Left Eye did her solo career, she talked about how LA wouldn't give her the money that he owed her. Look at all the record company jobs he's had and been released from. Toni had to file bk. Babyface broke away from him. Babyface handled most of the creativity & LA the business. It was Pebbles first time managing a group. She made some mistakes. But, she did force them to buy their name, which was actually a good thing. Cause, they own it now.

[Steadno]

not according to tlc...they said peb did they dirty dog dirty!

[tigerlilyeyez]

I saw their special, and I know that's what they thought at the time because that's how it was told to them. Left Eye found out who was the real crook when LA wouldn't give her her money. Left Eye and Pebbles later reconciled after she found out what really happened.

[Steadno]

was that on another special later in time? what's it called?

[tigerlilyeyez]

It was later. It was on Left Eye's website.

[Steadno]

so who was gettin 'em for their cash? they said like 4 cents an lp.

[tigerlilyeyez]

How much money they get from a lp is determined by the record company. It's up to the manager to get them the best deal. I'm sure Pebbles didn't think her husband would rob them & then put it all on her. Toni Braxton filed bankruptcy. Pebbles was not her manager. Babyface severed ties with him. He was ousted at Arista. Patti LaBelle talked about how shady he is. Pebbles didn't tell them about tv & movie deals. She just turned them down. She said she approached managing them as a mom.

[Steadno]

so she turned down tv and movie deals for them without asking? man, they didnt need a mom they needed a manager. cold shot either way.

[tigerlilyeyez]

True.

[Steadno]

i still remember seeing there debut on arsnio back in the day. seems longer than it is.

[tigerlilyeyez]

Me too.

[Steadno]

i was in middle school i think

[peopleratrip]

Hey tigerlilyeyez,

Thanks for clearing that up. The music industry is really something. It's ashame how some forces tried to destroy Pebbles, amongst others. Also, speaking of Left Eye, her so-called accident was very convenient for some. Meaning she was leaving and going out on her own and EVERYBODY knew she would have been extremely successful. Perhaps, the real truth behind that will come out also!

[crazysexycool432355]

@peopleratrip you dont think it was an accident??

[MissAries76]

She's a minister here in Atlanta. She's been divorced from LA-Reid for several years now.

[3alarm247]

She's HOT!!!!!!! Is LA-Reid still married to her?

[1pixie]

nope.

[asm1976]

She married a much older guy named Otis Nixon in the early 2000's, but they got divorced shortly after.

[3alarm247]

I guess being hot isn't enough to make someone want to stay married to a person.

[Pariah2001]

True. Since between 51%-53% of all new marriages end in divorce, I don't see what the big deal over someone wanting to get married is about...especially since there's no security in it anyway. LOL

[asm1976]

Damn she is pretty! She has a real down home sister girl attitude also! I really liked her!

[DORANDLEEKOUS]

Too bad they're no longer together

[sistalinda]

She's lovely. I take it from the info panel that they are no longer together.

[DivaNLA]

No they aren't. Pebbles (AKA Perri) has been married a total of 3 times. 1st to the lead singer of Con Funk Shun. Next to L.A. Reid. They stayed married about 7 years. Then she married a professional baseball player Otis Nixon in 2000 and they were together for about 4-5 years before divorcing. I understand he has battled drugs (cocaine?) for many years. I guess in this case the 3rd time wasn't a charm.

[Azone01]

Michael Cooper is the lead singer of Con Funk Shun and he was'nt married to Pebbles. He had an affair with her in the early 1980's.

[LoasthaGhost]

freaking awesome