Love Life...

Some information on Left Eye's boyfriends.

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Tupac Shakur...

Tupac and Left Eye met when Tupac asked an airbrush artist who had put a picture of Left Eye on a shirt for her phone number. The two had mainly a "phone relationship", although they hung out a few times. Although the two expressed feelings for each other, nothing much ever came of it. It didn't seem like a good idea to the couple and they didn't think it would work. Despite Left Eye's protests, Tupac insisted to never let him sleep with her, because it would make him "look at her differently".

Left Eye painted a picture of Tupac, and on the back side wrote ten goals she hoped to complete in ten years. The plan was that ten years later the two would open the frame and see how many goals she had accomplished. Then, for however many goals had been accomplished, they'd auction the picture for that many millions of dollars and donate it to charity.

The two had trouble mainting a friendship, since jealousy over dating other people caused problems. In 1993, Left Eye began dating Andre Rison and Tupac was out of the picture. However, Left Eye continued to love him, and stayed a fan of his music for the rest of her life.

Andre Rison...

Left Eye met Andre Rison at Club Diamonds in Atlanta (Now the infamous Club 112) in March 1993 at Andre's 26th birthday party. Left Eye was at first uninterested, and Andre's pushy, boasting attempts to win her over didn't work. "He wouldn't leave me alone," Left Eye has said. "He just kept following me, buying me roses, buying me drinks....I found him attractive but...he was following me. It was a turn-off. I never expected this to be the person I was gonna be with."

"She wasn't impressed," Andre says. "Actually tried to get away. She said she was going to the coat rack. I followed her to the coat rack, but she disappeared." The two continued to cross paths, until finally Left Eye accepted an invitation to visit his house. She ended up spending the night, and the next night, and the night after that. She never left... and that's how it all started.

Left Eye is best known to some for the 1994 arson incident, yet many don't even know what went down that night. Left Eye had grown tired of Andre spending too much time out at clubs, so she decided to go out with her friends one night, and come home extremely late to teach him a lesson. However, when Left Eye arrived home, Andre was still out. When he did return at around five AM, Left Eye was angry as well as drunk. A slightly violent quarrel followed, and Andre left. Left Eye, hurt and upset, open the closet to find Andre had just purchased himself numerous pairs of sneakers, and hadn't gotten her a single pair. Tired of his selfish behavior, Left Eye grabbed the sneakers , threw them into the Jacuzzi, and lit them on fire.
However, the tub was now fiberglass (it had replaced the old marble one about a year before during a similar instance when Left Eye set fire to a teddy bear collection she had given Andre after catching him in bed with another woman.) The tub melted and the fire spread.

Left Eye left and spend the night in a hotel with some friends. She was arrested the next day and charged with arson in the first degree, to which she plead guilty. She was sentenced to three months in a diversion center, a $10, 000 fine, and five years of probation.

Left Eye and Andre remained together for two years following the incident, before breaking up for a two month period in 1996. During the separation, Left Eye recalled waking up in a hotel room she stayed in after the 1996 Grammy's to find Andre there with her, watching her sleep. "To this day I don't know how he got in there," she says.

The couple reconciled shortly after, and stayed together about a year before splitting again. They got back together yet again for a short time in early 2000. Andre accompanied Left Eye on the FanMail tour, as well as the 2000 Grammy's. Left Eye later said their status at that time was casual, and they'd only gone on a few dates.

However, that isn't the end of it. In June of 2001, the couple announced they were back with each other and planned to marry on July 5. The wedding never came about due to conflicting schedules, and they broke up a final time that year.

People close to Left Eye often comment that they belonged together, and would have most likely married eventually. Of their complicated relationship, Left Eye has said, "Andre and I have a bond most people don't understand. Sometimes even I don't."

When Left Eye passed, Andre didn't talk about her as if she was an ex. His feelings for her seemed to have stayed strong up until the end. "She was not only my best friend," he said, "she was my soulmate and like a wife to me. A lot of times people couldn't see what I could see. I really didn't give a damn, because I knew the true lady and I knew what her heart carried. I was down with her 'til the end, and I'm still down with her. I always thought she was the most beautiful woman walking on this earth."

Marshall Lorenzo Martin...

Left Eye met Lorenzo, as she referred to him (aka Papi) when he came to repair her computer in 1998. The two dated for about a year and a half.
Lorenzo is best known for co-writing several of FanMail's tracks with Left Eye, as well as appearing on the interlude "Whispering Playa" with her and Chilli. He could be found visiting the Hypertalk chatroom on TLC's official website, with Left Eye and solo.

Lorenzo was probably one of Left Eye's least talked about boyfriends, since she never mentioned him in interviews, I've rarely seen a picture of the two together, and they were not often seen in public together. One of the only times I recall seeing him with her was at the 1999 Teen Choice Awards, where TLC picked up the award for Best Group Video (T-Boz was not present.)

The couple split for reasons unknown to me around late 1999, and I haven't heard anything about him since.

Sean Newman...

Left Eye met model Sean Newman years before they dated, before TLC was even signed. They became an item sometime during early/mid 2000 when Left Eye asked him to accompany her to London, where she was promoting her single with Mel C, "Never Be the Same Again."

The two appeared in many photo shoots and interviews together, including Wendy Williams' former show on a Philadelphia radio station. Sean accompanied Left Eye to several events, including the 2000 Essence Awards, the 2000 NAACP Awards and the 2000 MOBO Awards (which she co-hosted). The two made headlines together in 2000 when they were reported "missing" even though they just decided to take a spur-of-the-moment trip to Honduras.

The couple stayed together about a year, and split sometime around late 2000/early 2001. The two had just recently begun talking and hanging out at clubs again. According to Sean they had put the past behind them, settled their differences and formed a friendship. "She was beautiful. She was a woman, she wasn't no girl," Sean says of Left Eye. "She took care of her men...All a man could want she was doing. She was one of the realest girls I ever met."

Rumored Romances...
The following are men Left Eye has been linked to by outside sources, but she never confirmed herself.

Marion "Suge" Knight...

Left Eye met Suge in the fall of 2001 when he took her out to a Lakers game to talk business. Left Eye had been unhappy with the way Arista was handling her solo Supernova project. Suge signed Left Eye to his newly-restored Tha Row Records (formerly Death Row) under the alias "NINA". She began to record an all-new solo album, which is expected to be released sometime this year.

Rumors of the two being more than collegues began when Left Eye started to frequently mention Suge in her posts on the message board at her official website. They increased when Suge Knight was being interviewed on the radio and was asked if he was "boning" Left Eye, to which he arrogantly replied, "Of course."

Left Eye herself never confirmed a relationship with Suge, and if there was one it was short-lived. She met him in November 2001, and by Valentine's day 2002 she was on the Eyenetics board complaining about being single on the holiday.

Hype Williams...

Hype Williams directed TLC's "No Scrubs" video as well as Left Eye's "The Block Party". He was also collaborating with Left Eye on her autobiography, Open, by photographing her in Honduras.

According to sources close to Left Eye, the two dated a few times, but nothing much came of it. Left Eye's uncle Kyle Young claims she felt very strongly for the director.

Of Left Eye, Hype said, "She was always a rare and creative person, and I connected with her in various stages of life. Honduras really helped her to learn to love herself for who she was."

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