Posted on 05/02/2002 12:16:55 PM PDT by Hillary's Lovely Legs
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:00:29 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
LITHONIA, Georgia (AP) -- Thousands of people packed a large suburban church Thursday for the funeral of Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, the colorful rapper in the R&B trio TLC. She died in a car crash a week ago in Honduras.
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Another giant is taken from us.
Exactly. What a joke.
Walt
How, exactly is the consistent with the message of the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church ?
In her case, they discussed how she wore one of these on her face.
LOL, exactly how I feel. Unfortunately, I live in Atlanta where we have been inundated for the past 10 days with 24/7 coverage of the passing of this legend. The Atlanta Journal/Constitution has devoted entire sections to the "life and times" of old Lefty Lopes. One section helpfully provided the reader with a time line of this 32 year old's accomplishments while on Earth. The "highlights" included the night she burned down boyfriend Andre Rison's million dollar home, as well as the night she was arrested at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium for drunk and disorderly conduct. This is the same media that smeared John Rocker over and over again for some off-the-wall comments in Sports Illustrated. He, without a criminal record, was (and still is)treated by the Atlanta media as scum, yet Lefty is venerated as royalty. Go figure. I will share with you a letter to the editor from this mornings edition of the AJC:
Please, please, please, please. I beg you, please. Please, no more about Lisa Lopes. I will pay you not to. I will work for you for free. I'm afraid to open my paper for fear of seeing more about Lisa Lopes. Who is she, anyway?
Look, I know she did some things that were pleanty stupid during her life, but that does not mean she deserved to die this way.
You are not only showing contempt for her, but also for her fans. Granted, the fact people lined up early for this funeral as if it was more of a concert was tasteless.
But one way or another, when one life touches so many others, when they are not around, well....
(with acknowledgements to Frank Capra)
She committed only ONE crime of note, that of arson. It is not like she was one of those rappers who shoot people and rape women.
Self-indulgent? Perhaps. Irresponsible? Maybe. But was she like Tupac Shakur? Biggie Smalls? No way.
I could care LESS about them because there is no argument they were slimeballs in life. Can you say the same about Lisa Lopes?
Jeez, Hobey, I can't even begin to tell you how profoundly this death has affected me.
I'm more interested in the high/low tide reports, so I can figure out the best time to go fishing!
Dead-black-rapper? Kool.............FRegards
Amazing. Until Lefty died I'd never heard of them. The same thing goes for Aliah, or whatever her name was who died a few months back. All in all, over the past few decades, it seems that being a musician carries the same deadly risks as being a Clinton associate.
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