THE NORTH RIDING PROJECT

Lopes was like a Japanimation heroine: tiny and buff with Powderpuff eyes, a big mouth that spouted loud, dope lines and a feisty attitude that masked the pain of a tough childhood and a troubled fame.  She dressed for excess, whether she was replacing the left lens in a pair of glasses with a condom or brainding her hair into giant hoops.  She also gamely embraced the “crazy” designation – grabbing headlines for burning down the house of her boyfriend, then-Atlanta Falcon Andre Rison, in 1994.

Keeps/Lopes, 2002