2021-05-27

Lisa Lopes was born in 1971

    Lisa Left Eye Lopes
Yes, even I had my hip hop era. It included TLC, DJ Shadow, various others from whom I included in my personal collection pieces in their repetoire.

Lisa Nicole Lopes was born May 27, 1971 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died from an automobile accident in La Ceiba, Honduras on April 25, 2002. She was just 30 years old and was in the midst of pursuing charity work for the local school children.

She was better known by her stage name Left Eye and was an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer and dancer.

Lisa Lopes was a 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. Her work with TLC won Lopes four Grammy Awards.

During her 1991 through 2002 heyday she was a popular artist in the genre who charted high in several countries.

Though hip hop was (and is) largely alien to me except for those few pieces I listen to regularly her passing was a violent and profound tragedy which likely could have been avoided.

Like Marilyn Monroe she was a star in the world of her art who shone brightly yet didn't last the night.

Rest in peace.