1. Her birth name was Lisa Nicole Lopes.
2. She was born on the 27th May 1971, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
3. Lisa’s father was in the Army. They did a lot of moving about when she was young, and she grew up in Kansas, Florida, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Panama.
4. The oldest of three children, she left her abusive home at the age of 17 with nothing but a piano and $750 to pursue her music career.
5. She had a problem with alcohol, which she blamed mostly on her father.
6. In 1995, Lopes made national and international headlines after she set the home of her boyfriend, Atlanta Piston’s star Andre Rison, ablaze after a major fight. Lopes, who was sentenced to 5 years probation and therapy at a halfway house, never was able to shake that incident from her personality, and along with Lil’ Kim, became one of hip hop music’s bad girls.
7. In the late 90’s she began involving herself in holistic and spiritual practices that brought her a sense of peace and tranquillity.
8. During a trip to Honduras, Lopes saw a lot of poverty, and began to get herself involved in several projects that benefited many victims of Hurricane Mitch, which struck Central America in 1997.
9. Lisa died in car crash in Honduras April 26, 2002. She was the only fatality in a vehicle that had seven passengers.
10. She was a member of the group T.L.C!
11. TLC was named for its members’ initials: Lopes, Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins and Rozanda “Chilli” Thomas.
12. Lopes’ white casket was engraved with a rap she recited on TLC’s No. 1 song “Waterfalls”. It reads, ‘Dreams are hopeless aspirations, in hopes of coming true, believe in yourself, the rest is up to me and you.’
13. She is sometimes credited in movies and television appearances as Lisa ‘Nina’ Lopes or simply Nina.
14. Her pseudonym, N.I.N.A. stood for ‘New Identity Not Applicable’.
15. She was 5′ 1” tall.
16. She became the mentor and producer of the R&B trio Blaque, whose members saw TLC-like success with several hit singles and starring roles in the film ‘Bring it On’.
17. Her Trademark was to replace one lens of her glasses with a condom during performances.
18. She was considered for one of the main roles in ‘Josie and the Pussycats’ (2000).
19. In 2001 she adopted a little girl.
20. She appeared on the celebrity (US) version of ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’ in 2001 also.
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