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Posted on 04/26/2002 1:22:29 AM PDT by petuniasevan
TLC Singer Killed in Car Crash
Fri Apr 26, 4:08 AM ET
By TANIA FUENTEZ, Associated Press Writer
ATLANTA (AP) - Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes of the top selling female trio TLC was killed in a car crash in Honduras, her record company said early Friday.
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"No words can possibly express the sorrow and sadness I feel for this most devastating loss," said Arista president L.A. Reid, who helped shape the career of the popular Atlanta-based R&B group.
"Lisa was not only a gifted and talented musical inspiration, but more importantly, she was like a daughter to me. My thoughts and prayers are with Lisa's family and friends. Her legacy will be remembered forever."
The location of the car crash was not immediately determined.
TLC, which also includes Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas, were the Grammy-winning group behind such hits as "Waterfall," "No Scrubs" and "Unpretty." Their latest album was "FanMail."
"We had all grown up together and were as close as a family," the surviving bandmates said in a statement Friday. "Today we have truly lost our sister."
TLC had recently been in the studio working on a new record — due to have been released this summer. Lopes had tried to release her own album last year called "Supernova" but the project was shelved.
In 1994, Lopes pleaded guilty to arson in a fire that destroyed the mansion of Altlanta Falcons receiver Andre Rison, her boyfriend. Lopes was sentenced to a halfway house and five years probation, plus a $10,000 fine.
Lopes admitted she started the fire after an argument with Rison. The mansion was valued at more than $1 million. The two said last year they planned to marry.
TLC sold millions of records since its first album debuted in 1992. But with success came turmoil. The trio declared bankruptcy a few years ago, citing poorly structured recording contracts.
Watkins was hospitalized several times, suffering from sickle cell anemia, a serious blood disease, and infighting among group members also was reported.
But in an interview with the AP in 2000, Watkins dismissed talk of a serious rift.
"With three women, you agree to disagree. I'm not always going to agree with Lisa and she's not always going to agree with me, that's fine," she said.
Within in past few months, Lopes reportedly signed a solo deal with Suge Knight's Death Row label to put out a solo project under the pseudonym, "N.I.N.A." (New Identity Not Applicable). She also helped start the group "Blaque," an R&B trio who had the hit "Bring It Home To Me."
don't go chasing waterfalls
please stick to the rivers and the lakes that
you're used to
i know that you're gonna have it your way
or nothing at all
but i think you re moving too fast
little precious has a natural obsession
for temptation but he just can't see
she gives him loving that his body can't handle
but all he can say is baby is good to me
one day he goes and takes a glimpse
in the mirror
but he doesn't recognize his own face
his health is fading and he doesn't know why
3 letters took him to his final resting place
y'all don't hear me
i seen a rainbow yesterday
but too many storms have come and gone
leavin' a trace of not one god given ray
you say because my life is ten shades of grey
i prey all ten fade away
seldom praise him for the sunny days
and like his promise is true
only my faith can undo
the many chances i blew
to bring my life to anew
clear blue and unconditional skies
have dried the tears from my eyes
no more lonely cries
my only bleedin' hope
is for the folk who can't cope
wit such an endurin' pain
that it keeps 'em in the puourin' rain
who's to blame
for tootin' caine in your own vein
what a shame
you shoot and aim for someone else's brain
you claim the insane
and name this day and time
for fallin' prey to crime
i say the system got you victim to your own mind
dreams are hopeless aspirations
in hopes of comin' true
believe in yourself
the rest is up to me and you
No, they weren't married. They were living together and had a HUGE argument. She is a hot-tempered little thing..........and she took a pair of his athletic shoes into the bathroom, stuck them in the (empty) bathtub, and set them on fire. IOW, she was throwing a hissy fit. However, the burning shoes............well, the fire got away from them rapidly, effectively burning the house down.
I like their songs Waterfalls and No Scrubs as they both have a conservative angle to them and 'da beat makes me want to step on-up to the dance floor. Boo-yaa!!
"Lisa was not only a gifted and talented musical inspiration, but more importantly, she was like a daughter to me. My thoughts and prayers are with Lisa's family and friends. Her legacy will be remembered forever."
Sounds like releases of formerly shelved material and a $79.95 boxed compilation CD set coming very soon.
/semi-sarcasm
LOL, me too. I was trying to think of who was The Learning Channel singer.
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