Lisa Nicole Lopes (May 27, 1971 – April 25, 2002), also known under the stage name of “Left Eye”, was a member of the popular R&B and hip hop group TLC. In addition to hit songs like “Waterfalls” with TLC, Lopes also did some solo performing. She was considered by some fans as the creative talent behind TLC and, 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). She received the name “Left Eye” because she was known for wearing a pair of glasses with a condom in place of the left eye lens, which was only one of the ways the group promoted safe sex.
