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Lisa Lopes biography

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Lisa Lopes was born on this day in 1971.

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  • PLACE OF DEATH: Jutiapa, Honduras
  • AKA: Left Eye
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Lisa Lopes was a singer and rapper known for her work with the 1990s group TLC.

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TLC formed in 1991, with Lisa Lopes lending her rapping skills, and their first album produced three top-ten hits. TLC’s 1994 follow-up, Crazysexycool, sold over 11 million copies in the U.S. and featured three number-one hits. Lopes’ personal life, though, was marred by her rocky relationship with football great Andre Rison, and in 1994 she was arrested for burning down his home.

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Singer. Born Lisa Nicole Lopes on May 27, 1971, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Lopes was a member of the hip-hop/R&B group TLC. Known for her brash, uncompromising demeanor, Lopes engineered the group?s brand of empowered womanhood that vaulted the trio to the top of the pop charts.

The group formed in 1991, with Lopes lending her rapping talents to fellow members Tionne ?T-Boz? Watkins and Rozonda ?Chilli? Thomas. Their first album,
Oooooooh . . . On the TLC Tip, was released the following year and was an immediate success. The album produced three top-ten hits. The group?s 1994 follow up, Crazysexycool, sold over 11 million copies in the United States alone, and featured three number-one hits (?Creep?, ?Red Light Special? and ?Waterfalls?). The album also earned the trio two Grammy awards.

Although Lopes? professional life was booming, her personal life was marred by her rocky relationship with football great Andre Rison. In 1994, Lisa Lopes was arrested for burning down Rison?s home. Lopes escaped jail time, but debts incurred from the incident forced TLC to declare bankruptcy in 1995.

After the lengthy hiatus, the band returned to the studio in 1999 and emerged with the album Fanmail, which earned the trio another pair of Grammy awards in the R&B category.

In 2000, Lopes embarked on a solo project later titled Supernova. Although the release date for the album was originally set for August of 2001, the date was repeatedly postponed. The album was broadcast over the Internet later that year.

On April 25, 2002, with Supernova yet to be formally released and a fourth TLC album still in production, Lopes was killed in a car accident on a highway near Jutiapa, Honduras, where the singer owned a condominium.

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