Left Eye
AKA
Lefty
BORN: Lisa Nicole Lopes
1971-05-27
2002-04-25
BIOGRAPHY
She was an American singer and rapper and member of the R&B girl group TLC, alongside Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins and Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas. Besides rapping and singing backing vocals on TLC recordings, Lopes was one of the creative forces behind the group, receiving more co-writing credits than the other members. She also designed the outfits and staging for the group and contributed to the group’s image, album titles, artworks, and music videos. Through her work with TLC, Lopes won four Grammy Awards.
During her brief solo career, Lopes scored two US top 10 singles with “Not Tonight” and “U Know What’s Up“, as well as one UK number-one single with “Never Be the Same Again“, the latter a collaboration with Melanie C of the British girl group Spice Girls. She also produced another girl group, Blaque, who scored a platinum album and two US top 10 hits. Lopes remains the only member of TLC to have released a solo album.
On April 25, 2002, Lopes was driving a rented Mitsubishi Montero SUV in La Ceiba, Honduras, when she swerved to avoid a truck. Her vehicle rolled several times after hitting two trees, throwing Lopes and three others out of the windows, and finally coming to rest in a ditch at the side of the road. Lopes, at the age of 30, died instantly of “fracture of the base of the cranium” and “open cerebral trauma”, and was the only person fatally injured in the accident. The accident was recorded on video from inside the vehicle because a documentary film was in progress. May 2007 VH1 released her documentary The Last Days of Left Eye.
QUOTES
- There's a thin line between genius and insanity - and I always get labelled as being the crazy one
- I have always been a very spiritual woman, I think we all have different heavens. Mine will probably be me re-living my life ove
- I'm your old school type of woman, I don't like microwaves and all that stuff, I got to make everything on the stove, you know what I'm saying? I don't like canned stuff, frozen stuff, all my ingredients are fresh.
- "I felt like an outcast. It used to be the three of us being very silly, and then it was just the two of them being silly. I didn't feel silly anymore."
- I see the invisible spirits, where demons still find it livable. I need a hug to hold my soul inside my body.
- Every time I got drunk, this girl named Nikki would show up. When I got drunk, I was just a different person. This is a totally different person than Lisa. When these two started to battle it out, I had to create a third person to come in and straighten the two of them out. Nina, my evil twin who came from within, who I blame my sins on. (satanic alter) All the problems I did have stemmed from what I was doing - I was creating all these different personalities.
- If I don't love myself, I won't survive.
- Energy never dies. It just transforms.
- like his promise is true. Only my faith can undo the many chances I blew to bring my life to anew. Clear and blue and unconditional skies. Have dried the tears from my eyes.
- What a shame, you shoot and aim for someone elses blame. You claim the insane for this day and time for falling prey to crime. I say the system's got you victim to your own mind.
