The Story Behind The Names Of 15 Of Your Favorite R&B Groups
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Victoria Uwumarogie
Tony! Toni! Toné!
For a group filled with members whose names are nowhere near Tony, inquiring minds have always wanted to know: What’s the deal with Tony! Toni! Toné!? As founder D’Wayne Wiggins told Wax Poetics, it all came from a playful saying.
“Our name for the group, Tony! Toni! Toné! was a nickname that we had for how we used to get dressed to go out partying,” he said. “When we used to put on our clothes and get fly, we would say, ‘Yeah. Tony! Toni! Toné!’ The name, originally, came from a cap session on a roommate of mine. We came up with that name by calling him that as a joke. Later on, we made it the name of our group.”
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