'You don't always have to be naked!' TLC slam Rihanna for using sex to sell records saying it's the easy way to get to the top in the music industry

By Amy Croffey

One of the biggest girl groups of the 90s TLC have slammed popstar Rihanna for using her body and sex to sell records.

Appearing on Channel  7 Sunrise on Friday morning ahead of their sold out Sydney gig, Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins, 44, and Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas, 43, had a clear message for the 26-year-old Rude Boy singer.

'Every time I see you you don't have to be naked,' T-Boz said.

The duo, who are currently touring Australia said using sex and being naked is the easy way to get to the top in the music industry.

'It's easy to sell sex,' the duo, who have five Grammy and MTV awards under their belts, said. 

'It's hard for us to say anything because any time we do, they say, 'Oh TLC must be jealous', but I call a spade a spade,' T-Boz added.

'We became the biggest girl selling group of all time with our clothes on and that says a lot,' Chilli chimed in.

'We could go around too with booby cakes [breasts] out all day long,' she said referring to Rihanna's choice of see-through dress for Monday's Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards.

She left virtual nothing to the imagination showing off her bare breasts and just a nude thong to hide the rest of her modesty in the risqué gown created by designer Adam Selman.