Left Eye

   "If the left eye is the right eye..then the right eye is the left eye..."  That would an explanation of Philadelphia native(born May 27, 1971), Lisa Nichole Lopes' stage name of "Left-Eye".  A moniker she'd popularize as the MC member of the R-n-B/Hip-Hop hybrid group, TLC.  Lisa's rise to stardom began as the group, with groupmates T-Boz and Chili, had their first hit "Ain't too proud to beg" blowing up on MTV back in the early 90's.  The group would have numerous hits like "Creep", "Waterfalls", and "No Scrubs", though they would all file for bankruptcy due to poor royalties.
 
As an individual, Lisa's talent was unending.  She was an accomplished pianist, performing Beethoven during her solo performance spot on TLC headline tours.  Guested as an MC on numerous singles of other artists, such as Method Man's "Judgement Day" album, Spice Girl Melanie C's "Never be the same again", Donell Jones' "U know what's up", singing the song "Space Cowboy" with NSYNC on one of thier albums, and Toni Braxton's "Gimme Some".
 
She hosted MTV's "The Cut", an American Idol precursor, and discovered third place winning Anastacia, whom she aided in getting signed to a record deal.  Ms. Lopes also discovered the group Blaque and got them signed to Columbia records.
 
Left-Eye's debut solo album, Supernova, was originally supposed to be released around the 10th anniversary of her father's death.  Apparently, Arista records pushed teh release date back and eventually shelved the US release altogether.  The copies sold in the US were imports from the UK and Japan, due to popular demand of the album.  As a result Lisa cut all ties to Arista records, outside of the group deal for TLC, and signed to Tha Row (re-incarnatd Deathrow Records).
 
Everyone probably remembers Left-Eye's arrest and conviction for burning down her then boyfriend Andre Rison, ex-Atlanta Falcon's pro football star, house after a heated argument between the two.  Known for her temper, Lisa would eventually begin a journey of spiritual reawakening, as a means to calm her temper, deal with past demons, etc...  This journey would take her to Honduras, on missionary work which she loved to death...literally.  April 25, 2002 Lisa Nicole "Left-Eye" Lopes would die in a car accident in Honduras.

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