Lisa Nicole Lopes (stage name "Left Eye") (May 27, 1971 – April 25, 2002) was a member of the popular R&B group TLC. In addition to hit songs like "Waterfalls" with TLC, Lopes also did some solo performing. She was often thought of as the creative talent behind TLC who, though she sang infrequently, contributed her own, self-written raps to many of TLC's popular singles, including "Waterfalls" and "No Scrubs". Lopes was also a self-taught keyboardist and, by way of a Beethoven piano piece, displayed those talents during her solo spot on TLC's headlining concert performances (immortalized in a pay-per-view broadcast of TLC's FanMail tour in the spring of 2000). May 27 is the 147th day (148th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 218 days remaining. ... April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... For the television network, see TLC Network. ...

After TLC's third album, Fanmail (1999), Lopes in 2000 became a featured rapper on several singles by other musicians, including former Spice Girl Melanie C's "Never Be The Same Again" and Donell Jones' debut single, "U Know What's Up". She also sang "Space Cowboy" with N Sync, a song from their 2000 album No Strings Attached. Fanmail is an album by TLC, released in 1999. ... The Spice Girls were a British vocal girl band. ... Melanie Jayne Chisholm (born January 12, 1974) is a British pop singer who was a member of the Spice Girls, where she was known as Sporty Spice or Mel C. She has also enjoyed relative success as a solo artist. ... *NSYNC is a five-part pop music vocal group, specifically a boy band, formed in Orlando, Florida, USA. The group members are James Lance Bass, Joshua Scott Chasez (JC), Joseph Anthony Fatone Junior (Joey), Christopher Alan Kirkpatrick (Chris), and Justin Randall Timberlake. ... No Strings Attached is a pop album by American boy band *NSYNC, released on March 21, 2000 (see 2000 in music). ...

Lopes was also the host of the short-lived MTV series, The Cut, a precursor to American Idol in which a handful of would-be pop stars, rappers, and rock bands competed against each other and were judged. The show's final winner, which ended up being a male-female rap duo, was promised a record deal and MTV's funding to produce a music video, which would enter MTV's heavy rotation. A then-unknown Anastacia finished in third place, but so impressed Lopes and the show's three judges that she scored herself a record deal anyway. The MTV logotype, often used in different, less stylized, forms. ... A promotional poster for the fourth season of American Idol, in International Plaza Mall in Tampa. ... Anastacia on the cover of the collectors edition of her second album Freak of Nature See Anastasia for other people by this alternate spelling of Anastacia. ...

Lopes discovered the group Blaque and helped them obtain a record deal with Columbia Records. Their self-titled debut album was executive-produced by Lopes, who also made a cameo appearance on the album. Blaque is a US R&B vocal group that achieved a platinum record for their first album Blaque with two top ten singles released in 1999 although subsequent releases have not achieved the same success. ... Columbia Records is the oldest continually used brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888. ...

Lopes spent much of her free time after the conclusion of TLC's first headling tour behind Fanmail recording her first solo album, Supernova. Amongst the album's 12 tracks was a posthumous duet with Tupac Shakur that was assembled from the large cache of unreleased recordings done prior to his murder in 1996. (Lopes also participated in a second posthumous duet with Tupac on one of the many CDs compiled by his estate and released since his death.) Initially scheduled for release on a date to coincide with the 10th anniversary of her father's passing, Supernova was then delayed for two months before her American label chose to shelve the project. The album was released outside of the United States, and hardcore American TLC fans caused a demand for import copies of the album from the UK and Japan. Lopes then severed her solo deal with Arista (she remained contracted with the label as a member of TLC) and signed with Tha Row Records (the former Death Row label), intending to record a second solo album under the pseudonym N.I.N.A. Fanmail is an album by TLC, released in 1999. ... For other people named Tupac, see Tupac (disambiguation). ... The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and a member of the European Union. ... Arista Records was founded in 1975 by Clive Davis, and named after his secondary school honor society. ... Death Row Records (also known as Tha Row Records) is a record company that was founded by Suge Knight and Dr. Dre in 1991, under the parent label of Jimmy Iovines Interscope Records. ... A pseudonym is a fictitious name used by an individual as an alternative to their legal name (whereas an allonym is the name of another actual person assumed by one person in authorship of a work of art; e. ...

Lopes was often plagued with controversy due to a rumored temper. She was arrested when she burned down the home of her boyfriend, former Atlanta Falcon Andre Rison, early in her career. Conference NFC Division South Founded 1965 Home Field Georgia Dome City Atlanta, Georgia Colors Red, black, and white Head Coach Jim Mora, Jr. ... Andre Rison (born March 18, 1967) is a former American football wide receiver who played for the Indianapolis Colts, Atlanta Falcons, Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Kansas City Chiefs, and Oakland Raiders. ...

Lopes had already started work on both that second solo album and on songs for the fourth TLC album, 3D, when she died in a car crash in Honduras in April 2002. She had been there doing missionary work, which was something she had a passion for. It is said by those close to her that she had been undertaking a spiritual epiphany and had recently ended a month long fast prior to her death. Her funeral was held at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia. Lopes was interred at Hillandale Cemetery, also in Lithonia. Honduras is a country in northern Central America, bordered to the west by Guatemala and El Salvador, to the south by Nicaragua and the Pacific Ocean and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras and the Caribbean Sea. ... 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for April, 2002. ... English Name of unrealized Concorde successor aircraft, designed by Aerospatiale. ... Lithonia is a city located in DeKalb County, Georgia. ...