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The Detroit-based R&B trio
Willie Max comprised sisters
Rose,
Sky and Lyric Smith. Beginning their careers during the late 1980s as teens performing under the name the Smith Reflections, the group opened for acts including Tony! Toni! Tone!, whose Raphael Saddiq became the sisters' mentor; rechristening themselves
Willie Max after the respective first names of their father and mother, issuing their debut LP
Bona Fide (the first release on Saddiq's Pookie Records label) in 1998. ~ Jason Ankeny