Akon has been teaming up with Jeezy, Rick Ross and Styles P., but he's still concentrating on building up his Konvict music team. Joining T-Pain on Kon's roster —you won't believe it, but it's true — is TLC's Chilli. It turns out that Chilli has known Akon for years. They were hooked up through former TLC choreographer Divine Stevens, who is A's close friend. "He's very talented and I remember back in the days when he was trying to get out there, he was just as talented then," Chilli said of Akon. "I don't know, maybe certain people didn't believe in him — but it's mighty funny how you get that one hit and people are like, 'Oh, you're great.' Talent is talent." Chilli says she's not sure when her album is coming out, but she's just about done working on it. "I did a few songs, then got with Akon," she explained. "We've been working and came up with some stuff that's been missing from the album, but we have a couple of more songs and we'll be finished. I got a track from T-Pain — it's so crazy. T-Pain is so talented. I love his tracks. ... We were all in the studio working in Florida. He came in and had a track ready in 20 minutes, then had another one in 25 minutes. I chose an uptempo one because I dance." Chilli said that if Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes were still alive, she would be doing a TLC project right now instead of a solo joint, but explained that her album will have the TLC feel to it. "The fans love TLC as a group. I wanted to make sure to give them something we would do as a group anyway. I don't think I could help myself — it's naturally there."

Along with Akon and T-Pain, T-Boz and Missy Elliott will also be featured on Chilli's LP.
Source...(S2S, MTV)