Lopes signed Blaque, whose hits included "808" and "Bring It All to Me", to her Left Eye Productions label. Lopes was killed in 2002 in a car crash in La Ceiba, Honduras.

Known for her work in the late-’90s girl group Blaque, which scored a pair of top 10 hits in 1999 with “808” and “Bring It All to Me,” Reed also starred in the 2000 Kirsten Dunst ...

Blaque struggled to find their footing after Left Eye’s death and their second album was shelved. They appeared in the hit 2000 film Bring It On and showed promise but went their separate ways.