Lisa Lopes

Lisa Nicole Lopes better known by her stage name Left Eye, was an American rapper, singer, dancer, musician, actress, songwriter, and accused arsonist. She achieved fame in the 1990s and 2000s as a member of the group TLC. She contributed background vocals and her selfwritten raps to many of TLCs hit singles, including AintProudBeg, What About Your Friends, Hatda Back, No Scrubs, Waterfalls, Im Good at Being Bad, and Girl Talk. She won four Grammy Awards for her work with TLC. In 2002, Lopes was killed in a car accident when she swerved off the road to avoid hitting another vehicle. She was thrown from her vehicle and died instantly. The last days of her life were documented from March 30, 2002, until her death on April 25, 2002. The footage included the accident that took her life and was made into a documentary called The Last Days of Left Eye, which aired on VH1 in May 2007.

Lopes was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Wanda, an African American seamstress, and Ronald Lopes, a United States Army staff sergeant from Cape Verde. She had a younger brother, Ronald, and a younger sister, Reigndrop. Her father was described by music journalist Jacqueline Springer as an oppressively strict and demanding disciplinarian. He was a talented musician and played the harmonica, clarinet, piano, and saxophone.

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