Lisa Lopes
TLC's Left Eye, rapper, songwriter and producer.
Lisa Nicole Lopes (May 27, 1971 - April 25, 2002), known as Left Eye, was an American rapper and singer-songwriter and a member of the R&B group TLC with Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas. The group's creative force, she earned more co-writing credits than the other members, designed outfits and the FanMail Tour stage, and shaped TLC's image, titles and videos; her work with TLC won four Grammy Awards.
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- Lisa Nicole Lopes
- Born
- 27 May 1971
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Other names
- Left Eye, N.I.N.A.
- Died
- 25 April 2002
- Place of death
- La Ceiba, Honduras
- Resting place
- Hillandale Memorial Gardens, Lithonia, Georgia, U.S.
- Occupation
- Rapper; singer-songwriter
Lore & Background
As a solo artist Lopes scored two US top-ten singles, "Not Tonight" and "U Know What's Up", and a UK number one, "Never Be the Same Again", with Melanie C of the Spice Girls. She also produced the girl group Blaque, who had a platinum album and two US top-ten hits, and she remains the only TLC member to have released a solo album.
Reader's Guide
Lopes was killed in April 2002 in a car crash in Honduras, where she was volunteering at a children's development center; she lost control of her rental SUV while swerving to avoid a truck and was the only occupant not wearing a seatbelt. The VH1 documentary The Last Days of Left Eye aired in May 2007.
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