Destinys child history biography book
Do you remember these three original members from Beyonce’s band Destiny’s Child? Here’s what they’re up to now
DESTINY'S Childs' roots can be traced way back to , when Beyonce Knowles first met rapper LaTavia Roberson.
They went on to form a group which was originally named Girl's Tyme - and would become one of the best-selling girl bands of all time.
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The original line-up was a four-piece, including Beyonce, Kelly Rowland, LaTavia and LeToya Luckett.
In December , LaTavia and LeToya left the group - over rows with Beyonce's dad, and the band's manager, Matthew Knowles.
They were replaced by Michelle Williams and Farrah Franklin - with the latter leaving just five months later.
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What happened to the often-forgotten trio? Here's what they're doing now
LaTavia Roberson
When LaTavia and LeToya left Destiny's Child, they formed a new band called Anjel - but their album was almost immediately shelved.
LaTavia, now 35, returned home to Houston and later decided to try her luck as an actor.
She's had some success on the stage, starring in Those Jeans, How to Love and Not My Family.
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LaTavia is now a main cast member in R&B Divas: Atlanta, alongside fellow singers Angie Stone, Keke Wyatt and Meelah of
LeToya Luckett
Unlike her Anjel bandmate LeToya, now 35, refused to give up on the dream of a successful singing career.
She signed with Capitol Records as a solo artist, and her debut album LeToya topped the US Billboard album chart in July - and reached platinum status by December the same year.
Her second album Lady Love, released in , went to number 12 on the Billboard chart.
She's also has success in acting, starring in the film Preacher's Kid and Killers - with Ashton Kutcher, Katherine Heigl, Tom Selleck and Usher.
On the small screen, she's appeared in TV series Single Ladies and Treme. But things weren't always quite so rosy for LaToya.
She recently revealed she had suffered with alcohol abuse after leaving Destiny's Child - which led to her being arrested for driving under the influence.
After going through counselling, LeToya rebuilt her life.
In August , she gave birth to a daughter called Lyric Richard with producer Don Vito.
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In June , she suffered a late pregnancy loss. She had split from her husband Rob Hillman in Martch of the same year, just two months after they tied the knot.
The couple finalised their divorce in August of the same year.
Farrah Franklin
It's been Farrah's private life, much more than her glossy public career, which has kept her in the spotlight in recent years.
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She's been arrested three times - in , and
Her most recent visit to the slammer was for public intoxication, while the previous two were for disorderly conduct.
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After making the bold move to leave Destiny's Child, Farrah embarked on a solo career.
She was signed to, and swiftly dropped from, two different labels - and only released one single, called Get at Me, with Method Man.
Farrah, now 35, then tried her hand at acting - starring in a number of independent films from onwards.
She has slightly more success in modelling, bagging jobs with Russell Simmons' fashion line, Def Jam University - and gracing the covers of Teen People, Ebony, Cosmo Girl, Vibe and Today's Black Woman.
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In , she returned to the world of music by forming a group called Pheenx - made up of herself, Bethany Grant and Queen.
The group only recorded two songs before Bethany was chucked out of the group for appearing in porn films.
They announced that they were looking for a new member but, after months of inactivity, the group was disbanded.
After 15 years of working on her solo career, Farrah released her EP Magic & Make Up in September
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