Aaliyah’s music was surely what she was known for, but her trendsetting style was hard to ignore. No singer was able to strike a balance between two opposites quite like she could. She was all-woman while dressed fully in men’s attire. She was cute with a clean-cut image, but sexy and always sophisticated. Her fashion […]
“She Was Only 17”: Men and Underage Girls By Mason Jamal on Feb 23rd 2011 2:30PM Filed under: Mason Says Twelve months ago, it happened again. Regrettably, the story is a familiar one. An older man, balding and wealthy, began lavishing a younger woman with cash and gifts. As sure as she was stunning, he […]
8 Artists Who Should Thank Aaliyah for Their Careers by Kathy Iandoli Posted Jan 16th 2011 6:00AM Print this page|EmailShare on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on DiggShare on Lifestream On Jan. 16, Aaliyah Haughton would have been 32. She died in 2001 at the age of 22, yet she managed to make a sizable mark in […]
Aaliyah 2000–2001: Romeo Must Die And Eponymous Album Aaliyah 2000–2001: Romeo Must Die And Eponymous Album In 2000, Aaliyah landed her first major movie role in Romeo Must Die. A loose adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Aaliyah starred opposite martial artist Jet Li, playing a couple who fall in love amid their warring […]
Aaliyah 1996–1999: One in a Million From Wikipedia In 1996, Aaliyah left Jive Records and signed to Atlantic Records. She worked with record producers Timbaland and Missy Elliott, who contributed to her second studio album, One in a Million.
1979–1990: Early life Brooklyn to Detroit Aaliyah Dana Haughton was born on January 16, 1979, in Brooklyn, New York City, New York. Born of African American and Native American descent, she was the second and youngest child of Diane and Michael Haughton. Enrolled at a young age for voice lessons by her mother, Aaliyah would […]
Aaliyah 1991–1995: Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number 1991–1995: Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number After Barry Hankerson, Aaliyah’s uncle, signed a distribution deal with Jive Records, he signed Aaliyah to his Blackground Records label at the age of 12. Hankerson later introduced her to recording artist and producer R. Kelly, who became Aaliyah’s mentor, […]
Aaliyah 2001–2005: Life After Death 2001–2005: Posthumous career The week after Aaliyah’s death, her third studio album, Aaliyah, rose from number 19 to number one on the Billboard 200. “Rock the Boat” was released as a posthumous single. The music video was premiered on Black Entertainment Television’s Access Granted; it became the most viewed and […]
Aaliyah: The Motion Picture From http://live.drjays.com Warner Brothers Films started filming a biopic based on Aaliyah’s life in March 2010. The film will be directed by Bill Condon, the director behind the award-winning blockbuster, Dreamgirls. Canadian singer and former girlfriend of highly popular rapper Drake, Keshia Chanté (pictured below) is set to play the late […]
Aaliyah: Plane crash, Passing And Wrongful Death Lawsuit The Crash On August 25, 2001, at 6:45 pm (EST), Aaliyah and various members of the record company boarded a twin engine Cessna 402B (N8097W) at Marsh Harbour, Abaco Islands, The Bahamas, to travel to the airport in Opa-locka, Florida, after they completed filming the music video […]