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In the latest exclusive with pop-culture outlet TooFab, Da Brat opened up about the rocky start to her relationship with Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes. According to the Growing Up Hip Hop: Atlanta star, even though she and Left Eye ran in the same circles and were both managed by Jermaine Dupri in the 90s, the two rappers just didn’t seem to get along at first.
“Oh man,” Da Brat began. “Left Eye was super dope but I kind of think because she was JD’s [Jermaine Dupri’s] first artist and they used to — they grew up together and I think she lived with him at one point. Like I think when I came along — I don’t think she liked me too much. Cause I think she felt like JD may have been replacing, trying to replace, you know, her with me, which wasn’t the case, but she wasn’t too fond of me.”
Detailing how she internalized the contentious relationship she had with the late TLC singer, Da Brat shared how painful it was to deal with Left Eye not loving her back at the time.
“But I loved Left Eye, and it just broke my heart when she didn’t love me,” the rapper said.
By 1997, even though the musicians recorded their parts for the “Ladies’ Night (Not Tonight)” remix separately, which also included Lil’ Kim, Angie Martinez, and Missy Elliott, Da Brat said that having everyone together for the music video, including Left Eye, was a great time.
“We recorded it separately in our own separate spaces,” Da Brat explained. “I think Left Eye did hers in Atlanta. I did mine in Jermaine Dupree’s studio. Kim probably did hers in New York. But when we came together for the video shoot, it was epic. I had never been on a shoot that had so many, you know, successful women, my peers.”
“We were all like with one accord and just enjoyed it — this big luau, like party. It was nice,” the rapper added.
It’s nice to hear that both women were able to squash their differences and get along, especially before Left Eye’s untimely death back in 2002. With all the tension that went down between her and Left Eye back in the day, at least Da Brat has been able to keep it cool amongst all of her other “peers” with no drama since, even if the same can’t be said for her relationship with her sister.
