The outsized personality and acerbic wit of Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes helped vault the sleek, forthright R&B trio TLC to the top of the pop charts in the Nineties. Lopes' intricate, take-no-prisoners rhymes animated the group's saucy breakthrough hit "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" and gave a shot of optimism to the socially conscious
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Flashback: TLC’s Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes Brings ‘No Scrubs’ Rap to ‘Leno’