Lisa Nicole Lopes (May 27, 1971 – April 25, 2002), a rapper/singer/actress, 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 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 (featured in a pay-per-view broadcast of TLC's FanMail Tour in the spring of 2000). She was known for wearing a pair of glasses with a condom in place of the left eye lens, which was one of the ways the group promoted safe sex.
TLC began life as a female trio called Second Nature. The group evolved into TLC - the letters of the band made up of the first initials of the...
Rihanna (IPA pronunciation: [ɹiˈɑ.nɑ]) (born Robyn Rihanna Fenty on 20 February 1988) is a Barbadian singer,
Rihanna was born in Saint Michael, Barbados to Ronald and Monica Fenty. Her mother is of Guyanese heritage and her father is of both African and European heritage. She has two younger brothers named Rorrey and Rajad. Rihanna went to Charles F. Broome Memorial School, a primary school in Barbados, and then on to one of Barbados' Grammar (older secondary) schools, the Combermere School, where she formed a musical trio with two of her classmates. In 2004, she won the Miss Combermere Beauty Pageant and performed in the Colours of Combermere School Show, singing Mariah Carey's "Hero". At the age of 15, Rihanna received her big break when one of her friends introduced her to music producer Evan Rogers, who was vacationing in Barbados with his wife. Rogers, along with his partner, Carl Sturken, helped Rihanna record material in the U.S. which was sent to various recording companies....
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