She was a person.On August 25, 2001, R & B singer, songwriter and actress Aaliyah died in a plane crash budding off of the Bahamas.
Ten years later, the music world mourns the loss of the still young woman (full name: Aaliyah Dana Haughton), who just 22 years old at the time of her shocking death, and was ready for a big superstar the way for singers like Beyonce, Rihanna, Ciara and others.
The Brooklyn-born wunderkind (whose name means "highest" in Arabaic) released her first album, Age Is not Nothing but a few, at the age of 14, the album was produced by R & B master R. Kelly. The pair was rumored to have married when Aaliyah was just 15 and he was 27, Aaliyah denied the talk.
For her second album, 1996's One in a Million, she and then-unknown songwriter-producers Timbaland and Missy Elliot, who became stars in their own right shortly after the release that double platinum album.
The sexy, soulful, quirky singer behind hits like "Are You Somebody that?" "Try Again", "One in a Million" and other songs also had a talent her sleeve: acting. She took acting lesson Song and landed a leading role in the year 2000 and Romeo Must Die as a vampire queen in Queen of the Damned. (Before her death, she was set to the cast of the two Matrix sequels also be connected.)
"She had an old soul," Jomo Hankerson, her cousin and president of her record label, told Rolling Stone after her death. "She looked like she was all life in rewind, as she had already done all of this. She had this personality that was infectious. It was never just a job when you are working with her. You always had fun. Good kid fun. "
Nicknamed "Li-Li" and "Baby Girl," the star like sleep, word games, prank calls and make a shopping at Fred Segal in LA
"She was just stupid things," her close friend Missy Elliot told Rolling Stone. "One time, she this great false teeth in her mouth, the kind you get to a joke shop, and she came into my room and started doing the scenes from Romeo Must Die. Her personality was very playful, but she was equally caring and compassionate. "
"God absolutely must have needed another angel," Sean Combs added. "A real strong angel."
Aaliyah's last days were spent recording a video in the Caribbean for "Rock the Boat," a single from her third self-titled album.
Ten years later, the music world mourns the loss of the still young woman (full name: Aaliyah Dana Haughton), who just 22 years old at the time of her shocking death, and was ready for a big superstar the way for singers like Beyonce, Rihanna, Ciara and others.
The Brooklyn-born wunderkind (whose name means "highest" in Arabaic) released her first album, Age Is not Nothing but a few, at the age of 14, the album was produced by R & B master R. Kelly. The pair was rumored to have married when Aaliyah was just 15 and he was 27, Aaliyah denied the talk.
For her second album, 1996's One in a Million, she and then-unknown songwriter-producers Timbaland and Missy Elliot, who became stars in their own right shortly after the release that double platinum album.
The sexy, soulful, quirky singer behind hits like "Are You Somebody that?" "Try Again", "One in a Million" and other songs also had a talent her sleeve: acting. She took acting lesson Song and landed a leading role in the year 2000 and Romeo Must Die as a vampire queen in Queen of the Damned. (Before her death, she was set to the cast of the two Matrix sequels also be connected.)
"She had an old soul," Jomo Hankerson, her cousin and president of her record label, told Rolling Stone after her death. "She looked like she was all life in rewind, as she had already done all of this. She had this personality that was infectious. It was never just a job when you are working with her. You always had fun. Good kid fun. "
Nicknamed "Li-Li" and "Baby Girl," the star like sleep, word games, prank calls and make a shopping at Fred Segal in LA
"She was just stupid things," her close friend Missy Elliot told Rolling Stone. "One time, she this great false teeth in her mouth, the kind you get to a joke shop, and she came into my room and started doing the scenes from Romeo Must Die. Her personality was very playful, but she was equally caring and compassionate. "
"God absolutely must have needed another angel," Sean Combs added. "A real strong angel."
Aaliyah's last days were spent recording a video in the Caribbean for "Rock the Boat," a single from her third self-titled album.
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