Facts: - instrument: vocals , piano - years active: 1990 -- 2002 - birth name: lisa nicole lopes - birth date: 27 may 1971 - background: solo_singer - associated acts: tlc elliott tupac shakur lil ' kim angie martinez da brat blaque toni braxton lil ' mama method man will smith mel , c donell jones raina '' reigndrop '' lopes missy - death date: 25 april 2002 - genre: hip hop r & b - alias: left eye , n.i.n.a. - name: lisa lopes - website: lisa lopes foundation - death place: la ceiba , atlantida , honduras - birth place: philadelphia , pennsylvania , u.s. - origin: atlanta , georgia , u.s. - death cause: traffic collision - image: lisalopesimg.jpg - occupation: rapper singer songwriter dancer musician actress model - label: laface arista death row Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of lisa lopes .
lisa nicole lopes -lrb- may 27 , 1971 -- april 25 , 2002 -rrb- , better known by her stage name left eye , was an american rapper , singer , dancer , musician , and songwriter .she achieved fame as a member of the girl group tlc .lopes contributed her self-written raps to many of tlc 's hit singles , including '' ai n't 2 proud 2 beg '' , '' what about your friends '' , '' hat 2 da back '' , '' no scrubs '' , '' waterfalls '' , '' i 'm good at being bad '' , '' girl talk '' .she won four grammy awards for her work with tlc .on april 25 , 2002 , lopes was killed in a car accident in la ceiba , honduras , when she swerved off the road to avoid hitting another vehicle .she was thrown from her own vehicle and was killed instantly .the last days of her life were documented from march 30 , 2002 , until her death on april 25 , 2002 .the footage included the accident that took her life and was made into a documentary called '' the last days of left eye . ''it aired on vh1 's rock docs on may 19 , 2007 , eight days prior to what would have been lopes ' 36th birthday .