OMG Girlz is officially back. Rolling Stone can exclusively reveal that the girl group — central to T.I. and Tiny’s complicated court win last year — is reuniting for a brief, first-ever headlining tour. The tour has a tongue-in-cheek reference to the yearslong legal battle: The Name Stays Tour.
“The OMG Girlz never stopped being ‘OMG.’ We have always been sisters and have relished every opportunity to work together,” the group tells Rolling Stone. “We shifted gears for a bit to focus on our personal lives—including motherhood and exploring our creativity as individual artists, but we always planned on making music together again.”
Zonnique “Star” Pullins, Bahja “Beauty” Rodriguez, and Breaunna “Babydoll” Womack will kick off their four-night run on Aug. 30 with a show in Atlanta, before stopping in New York City, D.C, and Dallas. Tickets are on sale now. The tour marks their live comeback after dropping a pair of singles, “Make a Scene” in March and “Tea” last week.
The group says that the fight for their brand and intellectual property in court allowed the group time to “re-record some of our old music” and record new songs as well. “We are so grateful to Tip and Tiny for helping us keep this dream alive, and for all of the love and resources they have and continue to pour into our creative endeavors,” the trio says of the Harrises. (Star is the daughter of Tiny.) “We are excited to paint ATL, Dallas, NYC, and DC pink, purple, and blue!”
Last September, T.I. and Tiny were originally awarded $71.4 million in damages from MGA Entertainment, the toy company behind L.O.L. Surprise! O.M.G. dolls. The couple had filed a first lawsuit in 2021, alleging that MGA copied the image and likeness of the OMG Girlz — the pop-R&B group they formed in 2009 and disbanded in 2015 — for a handful of dolls launched in 2019.
MGA challenged the outcome of the lawsuit this year, calling the punitive damages given “constitutionally excessive.” A judge slashed the $53.6 million punitive award down to $1 while leaving the $17.9 million award for compensatory damages in place. The judge claimed that evidence at trial failed to show MGA designers “willfully” copied the OMG Girlz. Earlier this month, the Harrises filed paperwork looking for a fourth trial to recover the slashed award.
While the Name Stays Tour is OMG Girlz’s first headlining run ever, the group reunited in 2023 and joined Xscape and SWV’s Queens of R&B Tour last year.
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OMG Girlz’ The Name Stays tour
Aug. 30 – Atlanta, GA @ Vinyl
Sept. 3 – New York, NY @ Sounds of Brazil (S.O.B.’s)
Sept. 10 – Washington, D.C. @ Pearl Street
Sept. 12 – Dallas, TX @ The Echo Lounge & Music Hall
