3LW Adds New Member
Yahoo! Music, Mar 5, 2003 3:00 pm PST(3/5/03, 3 p.m. ET) -- 3LW is again a trio with the recent addition of 15-year-old Jessica "J" Benson of Maryland. Benson made her debut as a member of 3LW at last weekend's Soul Train Music Awards in Los Angeles.
Benson, who is an accomplished singer and dancer, shared her thoughts about joining the group, "Wow, what an incredible opportunity. Just a few weeks ago I was just a high school student with dreams of a professional music career and now it's happening so quick. I'm so happy that Kiely and Adrienne have so fully embraced me and are teaching me the ropes of how to handle this hectic, fast-paced life."
Former groupmember Naturi Naughton left the group in August due to tensions with the group's management and her fellow groupmembers Kiely Williams and Adrienne Bailon. In October, Naughton filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Newark, New Jersey, against remaining 3LW members Williams and Bailon, as well as group manager Michelle Williams of Big Cat Management, Nine Lives Entertainment owner Tse Williams, and Sony Music. In the suit, Naughton claims she was dismissed from the trio because she wasn't "ghetto enough," among other reasons.
Fans can see the new lineup live this summer when 3LW tours.
-- Yves Erwin Salomon, New York
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