1. TL is soul singer Thomas Lipkins of '60s Motown doo-wop group The Creations. He recorded some rare modern soul as TL or T.L. in the '80s and '90s, he died in 2002. 2. T.L. was radically saved from a life of drugs, alcohol, and destructive living during his freshmen year in college. After trusting in Jesus as his Lord and Savior he began using his gift of rap and evangelism to reach the world for Christ. upon graduation his classmates voted him “most changed” and through T.