Da Brat was one of the most recognized rappers of the 90s and even collabed with TLC member Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes on the epic “Ladies Night” remix — which is still a bop to this day.
But she says behind the scenes, all was not well between her and Lopez — calling the love loss “heartbreaking.”
“Oh man, Left Eye was super dope but I kind of think because she was JD’s [Dupri’s] first artist and they used to — they grew up together and I think she lived with him at one point,” Da Brat told TooFab. “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.”
“But I loved Left Eye and it just broke my heart when she didn’t love me,” she added.
The “Ladies’ Night (Not Tonight)” in 1997 also featured Lil’ Kim, Angie Martinez and Missy Elliott. Da Brat shared how they were able to pull it together despite the friction.
“Yeah, man, we recorded it separately in our own separate spaces,” Da Brat revealed. “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.”
