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R.I.P.: Aaliyah… We Miss You… 08/25/2001
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Aaliyah Dana Haughton came into the music world and gave us a whole different outlook. She was truly an angel and her music touched a lot of people and still does to this day. So, we just want to take a second and dedicate this to her…. We Miss You…
Ever since the Detroit singer and dancer debuted in 1994 with Age Ain’t Nothing But a Number, we all watched Aaliyah blossom. Her initial look of dark sunglasses and baggy clothes evolved into a more adult look on her next album, One In a Million. She was always beautiful, but later as a young woman she exuded the kind of appeal that was as sexy as a whisper in your ear — so subtle that it never had to be overtly pointed out.
R.I.P. Aaliyah Dana Haughton ** Jan. 16, 1979 – Aug. 25, 2001
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Valentine's Day 2010
nene
8/25/09, 11:29:am
1st! Rip Aaliyah
steph
8/25/09, 11:31:am
She just was so EFFORTLESSLY beautiful…alot of these so called “starlets” should take notes…you can still command attention and respect without flaunting T-n-A all over the place…
dark and lovely
8/25/09, 11:31:am
i miss u Aaliyah
FLYY
8/25/09, 11:31:am
2nd. RIP.
Aunt Viv
8/25/09, 11:32:am
My goodness it’s been 8 years already?!?!?! Wow…
RIP Aaliyah you will always be missed.
DizzyGuy
8/25/09, 11:32:am
I most def loved her music and “Romeo must die” she did great in. She was just all around a cl*****y chick. Its just sad that we have these non singing *****es out here now…
FLYY
8/25/09, 11:32:am
4th. sorry.
Brooklyn, Stand UP!
8/25/09, 11:35:am
I miss Aaliyah so much!
Rihanna, Beyonce, Ciara, etc. will never fill her shoes!
marie
8/25/09, 11:36:am
@ Steph I agree 100 %
She definitely had many fans and loved them right back. I never got to meet her but her catalog was the soundtrack of my life for me when I was a teenager and even now. If there could be any famous person I would love for my daughter to have looked up to it would be her along with many other strong, beautiful and humble people. Today unlike any other day I sit back and listen to her music and remember the life and legacy of her. Gone Too Soon but better on the other side.
Miss Glok9n
8/25/09, 11:37:am
RIP to the beautiful Aaliyah!!!!!!!!!!!
*****CATFUN
8/25/09, 11:38:am
SHE WAS SO LOVLEY…I MISS HER!
*****CATFUN
8/25/09, 11:38:am
I MEANT..”LOVELY”
Nique
8/25/09, 11:38:am
Wow 8 years already??
Uh..Angel???
chaka1
8/25/09, 11:38:am
Damn shame. She was well on her way to being one of the biggest stars in Hollywood too.
sinnocnece_7
8/25/09, 11:41:am
GONE way to soon! I know I miss her very much!
sexypaige
8/25/09, 11:41:am
R.I.P babygirl i loved her
hit me up on my messenger sexypaigegirl1@yahoocom or sexypaigegirl1@hotmailcom
Miss32Flavors
8/25/09, 11:41:am
Can’t believe it’s been 8 years! She will truly be missed
R.I.P. Aaliyah Dana Haughton
*****CATFUN
8/25/09, 11:43:am
I BET YOU WOULDN’T FIND AALIYAH ALL GREASED UP ON ALL FOURS SPREAD WIDE IN SOME “PHOTO SHOOT”
OR PICTURES OF HER BIRTH C***** ON THE NET.
LEAKED SEX TAPES
F*CKING FOR TRACKS
P*****ED AROUND LIKE A FAT BLUNT IN A RAPPERS’ CYPHER
REALITY SHOW
DANCING WITH THE STARZ
OR SEE A PICTURE OF AALIYAH WITH THE WORD ” WHEN THE CHECKS STOP COMING IN”
BLAZED ACROSS THE TOP!
Miss32Flavors
8/25/09, 11:44:am
What are you trying to sell sexypaige?! You’re all on MediaFakeOut with the nonsense. Give it up already!
liyah76
8/25/09, 11:44:am
awww i loved this chick so much RIP!
Brooklyn, Stand UP!
8/25/09, 11:47:am
Beautiful Angel!
R.I.P. baby girl…
Liyah
8/25/09, 11:49:am
Continue to rest in peace Aaliyah. WE MISS YOU SOOO MUCH!!!!!
Yeah,I said that shyt!!!
8/25/09, 11:50:am
RIP, babygirl! Trust, if she was alive today, she sho would’ve been givin BORING-yonce a run for her money!
We "Blacks" Are The REAL Hebrew Israelites
8/25/09, 11:52:am
Aaliyah, I still miss your music. I was JUST jammin to “I Need A Resolution” just yesterday.
R.I.P.
Jason Marcus
8/25/09, 11:52:am
I'm Just Me- WE LOVE 'EM BIG, WE LOVE 'EM CHOCOLATE!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME TODAY!
8/25/09, 11:53:am
Miss ya Momma! R.I.P.
Lady J
8/25/09, 11:56:am
She’s a Cl***** Act…So many “stars” try to measure up to this beautiful creature…She will never be duplicated…RIP Baby Girl!!
mzsweetface
8/25/09, 11:57:am
RIP Babygirl!
prettydiva
8/25/09, 11:57:am
Rest in Peace Baby girl..We miss you. I can’t believe you are gone till this day. I know God has you in a safer place. I will continue to play your music, bye your t-shirts, calendars, anything with you on it to carry the legacy given by a true angel…God Bless
ummmmmm
8/25/09, 12:03:pm
How about we don’t even start with that *****CatFun~Its just going to open the doors up for skepticism to be put on her light~
steph
8/25/09, 12:04:pm
You can still put in her CD and its still relevant…
Theres not too many artist that you can do that! Listening to that old Beyonce BOOTYLICIOUS (lol) is NOT (and never will be) the same as putting in that old Aaliyah ONE IN A MILLION or 4 PAGE LETTER…IMO
rose by any other name
8/25/09, 12:05:pm
Brooklyn Stand up~~ Good Morning my Rican friend, i guess its safe to say Aaliyah was a fine black lady ,,. right~~ RIP Aaliyah!~!!!
undressingHER
8/25/09, 12:05:pm
damn she is missed. but I rather anyone be in Heaven than going through this crap on earth.
Too Sweet
8/25/09, 12:05:pm
Wow 8 years! RIP Babygirl
lady LaLa
8/25/09, 12:06:pm
Brings back so many memories..You are definately missed.. RIP
*****CATFUN
8/25/09, 12:08:pm
@UMMMMMM….YOU’ER RIGHT.
DAYWALKER®( YA'LL SPIT SALIVA, AND I SPIT LAVA!!!)
8/25/09, 12:09:pm
TRULY ONE OF THE BEST….SHE WAS AND STILL IS MISSED BY ALL…
The fresh prince™ (fly since '88)
8/25/09, 12:10:pm
R.I.P ma but if she was alive, she prolly would have fallen off like… lemme see… 99% of the industry! Same goes for biggie & pac. I can Imagine pac using autotune. :-p
Sybil Says
8/25/09, 12:10:pm
8 years already?!
R.I.P Aaliyah!
♥
THE TRUTH HAPPY B-LATED BIRTHDAY TO MEEEE!!
8/25/09, 12:11:pm
RIP LOVE AALIYAH!! I CANNOT BELIEVE ITS BEEN THAT LONG SHE DIED WAY TOO YOUNG.
Dr.Winkie
8/25/09, 12:11:pm
Wow 8 years already!!!
RIP Babygirl.
Z (Magic is Memory)
8/25/09, 12:13:pm
RIP AALIYAH!!
@DAYWALKER
I heard you were bashing my imposter several days ago with the same jokes…well here I am so what do you have to say for yourself?
JB (Make Sure you pay your cable bill! ABC Sep 5 8pm!!
8/25/09, 12:13:pm
If she was still alive, Beyonce wouldn’t even be all over the place. She could act and sing. I lvoed her in Queen of the Damned and with Jet-Li.
MS. PANAMA
8/25/09, 12:15:pm
RIP AALIYAH!!!!! YOU’RE FOREVER MISSED!!!!
PS.. LET’S NOT MAKE THIS A FIGHT BETWEEN BEYONCE AND AALIYAH AND OTHER FEMALE ARTISTS.. RESPECT THE DEAD YOU BOSSIP COONS!
DAYWALKER®( YA'LL SPIT SALIVA, AND I SPIT LAVA!!!)
8/25/09, 12:15:pm
@ The fresh prince™ (fly since ‘88)
R.I.P ma but if she was alive, she prolly would have fallen off like… lemme see… 99% of the industry! Same goes for biggie & pac. I can Imagine pac using autotune. :-p
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HOW THE HELL YOU FIGURE??? PAC WAS DAMN NEAR MAKING MORE MONEY DEAD THAN ALIVE….THAT ***** DIDN’T NEED AUTOTUNE, HE HAD WHAT WAS KNOWN AS “TALENT” UNLIKE T-PAIN AND A COUPLE OTHERS, PAC WAS NOT ONLY A WRITER, BUT A MUSICIAN…..FEW IN THE INDUSTRY TODAY CAN SAY THAT….
tif
8/25/09, 12:16:pm
Still so sad…. My birthday is 8/24. I woke up the morning after my 21st with a hangover and the worst news I had heard in a long time. Miss you girl!
Glok9...All we do iz Spark Mad Izm!!
8/25/09, 12:21:pm
RIP , BUT YOU CAUSED YOUR OWN DEMISE SISTA..*****ING WITH THAT MOVIE “QUEEN OF THE DAMNED” …YOU SOUL YOUR SOUL, TAPPED INTO DEMONS FOR THAT ROLE ….I HOPE YOU FOUND THE MOST HIGH BEFORE YOU LEFT EARTH!
Jane Doe
8/25/09, 12:24:pm
AALIYAH FOREVER!!!!!
Baby girl..........
8/25/09, 12:24:pm
Straight cl*****y, certified wifey material(as far as I know or so it seemed). Goddess, take notes sistas. The type of chick every man wants.
Z (Magic is Memory)
8/25/09, 12:24:pm
@Glok9n
Is that you???
The fresh prince™ (fly since '88)
8/25/09, 12:25:pm
@ DAYWALKER®( YA’LL SPIT SALIVA, AND I SPIT LAVA!!!)
Maybe you’re right but he wouldn’t have the respect he has cuz the media would have eaten him up.
ROCKKIE
8/25/09, 12:25:pm
R.I.P BABYGIRL, YOU ARE TRULY MISSED.
TyNice
8/25/09, 12:27:pm
I had the biggest crush on her. Right around the time she died. I teared up a lil……….I’m not gonna lie. I’m still the hardest dude out here though lol
fee
8/25/09, 12:29:pm
How sad….Such a sweet girl. Definitely, “GONE TOO SOON”….
mjs fanatic
8/25/09, 12:29:pm
SHE WAS GORGEOUS
@glok9n
8/25/09, 12:29:pm
go on wshh(world star hip hop) and check out the new video posted with Damon Dash and alliyah. Then youtube Professor Griff. I found it very intresting especially the part about Pimp- C
★||
8/25/09, 12:32:pm
RIP
southern caribbean girl
8/25/09, 12:33:pm
8 years already,shout out to her family and all her fans,we miss you RIP.one in a million and the one i give my heart to is my favorite.
DAYWALKER®( YA'LL SPIT SALIVA, AND I SPIT LAVA!!!)
8/25/09, 12:35:pm
@ The fresh prince™ (fly since ‘88)
@ DAYWALKER®( YA’LL SPIT SALIVA, AND I SPIT LAVA!!!)
Maybe you’re right but he wouldn’t have the respect he has cuz the media would have eaten him up.
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I don’t think so, FRESH….I MEAN LOOK AT IT THIS WAY…PAC WAS A COOL CAT, HE WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST LYRICISTS, AND HE MADE STUFF THAT MADE YOU THINK, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, HE COULD GET A PARTY GOING TOO…EVEN WITH NEGATIVE MEDIA EXPOSURE, TALENT SHINES THROUGH AND PEOPLE ARE USUSALLY MORE FORGIVING THAT MOST THINK…..JUST MY OPINION, BRO….
Aaliyah Forever
8/25/09, 12:35:pm
Awww. Usually Bossip has some topic that gets me t’off first thing in the morning, but this was a great way to start off the day, seeing Aaliyah’s beautiful face! Thanks for that Bossip!
R.I.P. Babygirl you will forever be missed! Gone but never forgotten!!
P.S. People, please don’t use Aaliyah’s forum as a way to sling shade at other artist of today. This is not the time or place. If you truly were a fan of Aaliyah you would know she wouldn’t appreciate that at all. Just say your peace to Aaliyah and keep it moving. Please keep her forum clean.
R.I.P Aaliyah.
H2O ***THE WATER BOY***
8/25/09, 12:36:pm
work the middle, rock the boat, stroke it for me…wow I loved that woman…
DAYWALKER®( YA'LL SPIT SALIVA, AND I SPIT LAVA!!!)
8/25/09, 12:37:pm
THAN MOST THINK..*
Strong Black Man
8/25/09, 12:40:pm
2-Pac was nice on the mic but for real the brother was annoying and loud in public. If he would have shut-up maybe he would still be here.
This is not america
8/25/09, 12:40:pm
Thankyou Bossip; lol smiley face. Rip Aaliyah xoxoxo
Strong Black Man
8/25/09, 12:40:pm
May peace be with you Aalyiah
too cute the original one
8/25/09, 12:41:pm
miss her,she had a beautiful soul,very down to earth,didn’t let the fame take over her,she stayed true to herself,that’s what I liked about her,RIP,YOU ARE IN A MUCH BETTER PLACE than we are
SHAY
8/25/09, 12:43:pm
R.I.P BABY GIRL YOU ARE ANGEL THAT WILL ALWAYS BE MISSED
princedonte
8/25/09, 12:45:pm
Aaliyah was the best to ever to do it her death was the biggest tragedy in music she will be missed for ever and always
All day everyday!
8/25/09, 12:46:pm
I miss her so much. She was the definition of real natural beauty, talent, cl*****y, respectful.
She didn’t have to shake her half naked ***** like beyawnce, rihanna, etc. to get where she wanted to be, she always stayed humble but most of all she was a real role model for young ladies, she showed you don’t have to dress half naked and shake your ***** in everyone’s face to get what you want. I wish there were more female artists like her.
TRUE DEFINITION OF CL***** AND RESPECT. BEYAWNCE SHE HAVE LEARNED FROM HER.
crazypants
8/25/09, 12:51:pm
Obviously she means a lot to a lot of you, but seriously, she was the thousandth pre-fab, pretty singer/actress starlet rolled out by the entertainment industry.
Factor in whatever R Kelly unseemliness (his pedo ***** probably “wifed her up” at 14, which is pedo-skeeve for “I *****ed a 14 yr old girl” and , yeah, anyone that young dying is a tragedy, but was she really the GREATEST ENTERTAINER THAT EVER LIVED!!!
Glok9...All we do iz Spark Mad Izm!!
8/25/09, 12:52:pm
Z!
ITS ME BABE, BIG CAPS AND ALL!
@glok9n….!
I KNOW OF WHAT YOU SPEAK AND THATZ REAL TALK TOO,..SACRIFICE WAS DASH ONLY WANTING OF HER ,…HE AND JAY WERE BOTH *****KING HER AT THE SAME TIME!
PrettyRoundBrown
8/25/09, 12:53:pm
I miss Aaliyah. Don’t you all just wonder what her style, music, videos and acting would have evolved into by 2009?? R.I.P.
Shaton
8/25/09, 12:53:pm
SHE WAS AN ABSOLUTE BEAUTY!!! INSIDE & OUT.
top ramen shotta
8/25/09, 12:56:pm
r.i.p. to the queen. bossip would be *****g her like they do ciara if she were still with us today, so i really don’t take this tribute to seriously. that’s the consequences of bringing your folk down on a daily basis.
Speaking the truth...
8/25/09, 12:59:pm
Man she would give Bey a run for her money if she was with us today!
ummmmmm
8/25/09, 13:01:pm
Aww~ thnx *****~ Smyles~ lol
Whoa! aka Toot-it-up!
8/25/09, 13:02:pm
Speaking the truth…
Man she would give Bey a run for her money if she was with us today!
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Hey there!
Bey wouldn’t be in business had she still been here and Jay would of NEVER got far had Big still been here.
TIABABY09
8/25/09, 13:10:pm
Whateva Bossip, earlier this year yall was posting old ***** pics of her with Dame and Jay incinuating that she was a hoe,now yall miss and love her..Yall petty…ANYWAY RIP Aaliyah,i HONESTLY do miss you.
BEYONCE FAN
8/25/09, 13:10:pm
AWWWWW R.I.P MAMA!!! WE MISS YOU
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WHY ARE PPL TALKING ABOUT BEYONCE LOL THAT IS CRAZY YOU PPL CAN’T STOP TALKNG ABOUT HER THATS SAD LOL
BombaySapphire
8/25/09, 13:11:pm
*****ody would even know who Aaliyah was if she were still here. Her career would have been done in by Beyonce! This broad was mediocre at best she had weak vocals, a few dance moves & and little acting talent.
Speaking the truth...
8/25/09, 13:12:pm
HI WHOA!!
You are so right….Jay was loving him some Aaliyah..no two ways about that. You are right.
Speaking the truth...
8/25/09, 13:14:pm
@ Whoa.
And yes….it would be Jay who??? If biggie was here too..your right.
LOL
8/25/09, 13:16:pm
I HATE TO SAY IT AALIYAH WAS NOT THAT BIG AS A STAR AALIYAH HAD NEVER BROKE ANY RECORDS WORLDWIDE. TO SAY SHE WOULD’VE BEEN BIGGER THE BEYONCE IS CRAZY. AALIYAH NEVER CROSSED OVER LIKE BEYONCE WHEN SHE WAS ALIVE THE WOMAN OF THE 90′S WAS MISS MARAIH CAREY. AND BEYONCE IS THE WOMEN OF THE 00′S HEY I JUST GOT TO TELL THE TRUTH. I LOVE AALIYAH TOO BUT TO SAY SHE WOULD’VE BEEN BIGGER THEN BEYONCE IS JUST CRAZY. AALIYAH WAS NOT A POWERHOUSE
Alrighty Then...
8/25/09, 13:17:pm
R.I.P Aaliyah!
wifey06
8/25/09, 13:17:pm
beyonce would have no career or man if Aaliyah was here…. She did not have to get half naked just to get attention. She could really dance and didi not have to just shake her booty like a ho or dress like a ho to get recognized. Aaliyah did not have to yell out all her vocals either!!!
cantbelieveit
8/25/09, 13:26:pm
Still cant believe it’s been eight years.I cried when my mom told me she had died when I had returned from school.Completely unbelievable.She was truly one in a million.Continue to rest in peace,Aaliyah.
Juicy
8/25/09, 13:28:pm
miss you babygirl!!! hope ur resting in peace x
Ummm...NO!
8/25/09, 13:28:pm
BEYONCE FAN
AWWWWW R.I.P MAMA!!! WE MISS YOU
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WHY ARE PPL TALKING ABOUT BEYONCE LOL THAT IS CRAZY YOU PPL CAN’T STOP TALKNG ABOUT HER THATS SAD LOL
@ Beyonce Fan
You have “Beyonce” in your user name, and that’s not sad? LOL
We’re talking about her right now because it’s no secret that everyone feels that if Aaliyah was still here Beyonce would not be as successful as she is now. Aaliyah was taken too soon (according to us), so everyone thinks about what could have been, and that’s why Beyonce comes to mind.
miss dior
8/25/09, 13:28:pm
RIP Aaliyah.
2001 was some year…wow.
LOL
8/25/09, 13:30:pm
@wifey06
PLZ BABY GIRL WAS NOT A HUGE WORLDWIDE STAR SORRY TO BREAK THE NEWS TO TO YOU. DO YOU SEE THE MAINMEDIA TALKIN ABOUT HER ARE THEY PLAY HER VIDEOS ON MTV, VH1 HELL NOT EVEN ON BET ALL DAY NO, BECUZ SHE WAS NOT A BIG STAR. SHE WAS A URBAN TYPE OF STAR I LOVE BABY GIRL LIKE THE NEXT ONE BUT AM GOING TO KEEP IT 100 , YOUR JUST SAYIN IT BECUZ YOU DON’T LIKE BEYONCE OR YOUR SICK OF HER. BEYONCE HAS BROKE RECORDS ON TOP OF RECORDS. NOT TO NAME SHE JUST BEEN NAMED WOMEN OF THE YEAR AT BILLBORAD
Are You Serious
8/25/09, 13:30:pm
@lol that just goes to show it does not matter your fake, given to you, half dressed acomplishments. (awards,top n charts). I consider Aaliyah a bigger star than Beyonce anyday. I listen to Aaliyah daily, and I never hear Aaliyah brag about what she has (50 mil around the world)if she was bragging it was about Dame or family or friends.Too bad she didn’t get THE CHANCE to prove her self. At least we know what a REAL STAR look and sound, and act like.She was neva scared to do an interview. You can tell she wasn’t a puppet on a string and I loved the screw you attitude.lol on this
Juicy
8/25/09, 13:31:pm
@ speaking the truth
I totally agree with you, she would have given bey a run for her money, bey didn’t blow up until after aaliyah died…
Kaizel Wade
8/25/09, 13:35:pm
–wow.it doesnt even feel like 8 years.i am a huqe fan of aaliyah.i think if she was here today she would had definitly been like one of tha top leadinq females in artist.she was jus so sweet.beautiful.talented.nd full of life.i miss her so much. to tha haters sayinq beyonce is better then her lets thnk if there wasnt an aaliyah there wouldnt had been a beyonce.beyonce even said it herself. R.I.P babygirl.we miss u.
LOL
8/25/09, 13:35:pm
Ummm…NO!
I KNOW YOU WASN’T TALKING TO ME BUT SORRY TO BREAK IT TO YA AALIYAH WAS NOT THAT BIG SHE WAS NOT KNOWN WORLDWIDE NEVER BROKE ANY RECORDS. YOU PPL ACT LIKE SHE DEID WHEN SHE FIRST CAME OUT SHE CAME OUT IN 1993-94 . BABY GIRL NEVER TOOK HOME A GRAMMY BEYONCE WON 5 OFF HER 1ST ALBUM
Hannibal's *****
8/25/09, 13:35:pm
Lets not forget ladies and gents, she was sucking a 30 year old man’s ***** at the tender age of 15…LMAO
@lol Are You Serious
8/25/09, 13:37:pm
for the record the look in Jay-Z eyes when it came to Aaliyah was 10 times deeper than the Rihanna look; imagine that we ain’t even gon get on the Bey picture look (negetive number -3).
Laugheter cures it all
8/25/09, 13:39:pm
Glok9…All we do iz Spark Mad Izm!!
RIP , BUT YOU CAUSED YOUR OWN DEMISE SISTA..*****ING WITH THAT MOVIE “QUEEN OF THE DAMNED” …YOU SOUL YOUR SOUL, TAPPED INTO DEMONS FOR THAT ROLE ….I HOPE YOU FOUND THE MOST HIGH BEFORE YOU LEFT EARTH!
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agree! and finally someone said it…
LOL
8/25/09, 13:40:pm
@Juicy
BABY GIRL DIED IN 2001 BEYONCE WAS STILL WITH DESTINY’S CHILD. AND BABY GIRL LAST ALBUM DIDN’T SALE UNTIL SHE DIED SHE WAS NOT A BIG STAR DO YOU SEE CNN OR OTHER MAINSTREAM MAEDIA TALKING ABOUT HER LIFE NO SAD BUT TRUE TO YOU SEE HER VIDEOS BEING PLAYED ON MTV & VH1 OR BET NO SHE WAS NOT THAT BIG
bobbi
8/25/09, 13:41:pm
a true beauty – inside and out. RIP, Aaliyah…
misty
8/25/09, 13:41:pm
R.I.P!!
R.I.P.: Aaliyah… We Miss You… 08/25/2001 - My 242
8/25/09, 13:42:pm
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LOL
8/25/09, 13:42:pm
@Are You Serious
OR BEING WITH A 25 YEAR OLD MAN DON’T FORGET THAT LYING TO THE WORLD ABOUT HER AGE CUZ SHE WAS WITH R.KELLY ADD THAT
Thats what Bey got the youngns do N (without shame at that)
8/25/09, 13:45:pm
@Hannibal’s ***** lets not forget when she finshed she still looked america in the face everyday like so what *****es. I’m still paid, pretty, 100 and doing my thang shut it down. Aaliya was a beast and hating M F ers like you couldn’t stand it.Whatever she did she did it with her head high along with the ***** you,and keep it moving up attitude.
Hannibal's *****
8/25/09, 13:47:pm
Alliyah was a Hoe, Beyonce is a Hoe, Rhianna is a used up Hoe, They all Hoez, but we all love em, right gang?
Jade Silver
8/25/09, 13:48:pm
Yeah, I miss Aaliyah! Rock the boat (oh, memories).
@ Whoa… Whatagwan lady!
@ Glok… You still alive?
Nyah
8/25/09, 13:48:pm
just watching the video was very sad. Well she is in a better place now. Rest in peace.
geico lizard
8/25/09, 13:49:pm
RIP AALIYAH
Are You Serious
8/25/09, 13:50:pm
@lol Hoes been sucking ***** at the age of 12 since the beginning of time thats white and black hoes come correct.
Hannibal's *****
8/25/09, 13:51:pm
Thats what Bey got the youngns do N (without shame at that)
@Hannibal’s ***** lets not forget when she finshed she still looked america in the face everyday like so what *****es. I’m still paid, pretty, 100 and doing my thang shut it down. Aaliya was a beast and hating M F ers like you couldn’t stand it.Whatever she did she did it with her head high along with the ***** you,and keep it moving up attitude.
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Okkkkk, so I am supposed to appraise a teenage w***** because she socked on R.kelly hair ***** sack and held her head high, I am sure her mommy and daddy was very proud of her. I can see what kinda future *****s you will be raising
This is you talking to your yound daughter: “Honey it’s okay for slobbing this grown ***** man ***** off in the back alley, as long as you face your haters everyday, thats all that matters sweetheart”
Your daughter: “Ok mom, your the best!!”
MISS CHYNA BABIE
8/25/09, 13:53:pm
ONE THING I LOVE AND RESPECT THE MOST ABOUT AALIYAH WAS HER STYLE SHE CAME IN THE GAME DOIN HER OWN THING FROM HER CLOTHES TO HER MUSIC SHE EXPRESSED HERSELF SO SOULFUL AND BEAUTIFULLY. SHE NEVER SWAGGA JACKED ANYONE AND U CAN TELL THAT SHE REALLY LOVED WHAT SHE DID PPL THIS ISNT ABOUT BEY OR ANYONE ELSE THIS IS ABOUT PAYIN RESPECTS TO AALIYAH….
Jade Silver
8/25/09, 13:53:pm
@ LOL… There is some truth to what you say, but a dead person will always be remembered and made to be bigger to keep the memory alive.
I live in South Africa and she was quite big here especially in 94. Play ‘Back and Forth’ now at any party, everybody will be on the dancefloor. It’s a cl*****ic hit. I don’t think she’d be as big as some of the artists now.
Glok9...All we do iz Spark Mad Izm!!
8/25/09, 13:54:pm
JADE PLATINUM !
HEY SIS! YES IM STILL BREATHING, HANG AROUND ME SOON COME BACK ,…GANJA MAN AWAITS!
Its6amHoGetOut
8/25/09, 13:55:pm
Here in Honolulu we have something called “Brown Bags To Stardom” it was our version of American Idol before that show even came on, one year Aliyah was a guest performer, she had to be 15 at that time, we met her and her mother on the beach and I remember talking to this girl and eventhough she was a huge star and had just finished the R Kelly marraige *****, she still talked like a lil girl, I mean you could tell eventhough she sang like an adult, head wise she was still a child. RKelly took full advantage of her inexperience; *****in’ serial pedophile. All you unattractive *****es who support Rkelly and continue to buy his music and concert tickets take note. I THE INCREDIBLE ONE AND ONLY 6AM DO PROMISE YOU, R KELLY IS A CHILD RAPIST AND HE ISNT CURED, HE WILL BE CAUGHT IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS AND HIS NEW TRIAL WONT BE ANYWHERE NEAR CHICAGO WHERE FAT HEFFAS CAN MAKE IT ON THE JURY!
love 6am
CubaLinda!
8/25/09, 13:56:pm
We miss you baby sister!!
Its6amHoGetOut
8/25/09, 13:56:pm
Ive said my piece, enjoy your chat.
as seen on t.v.
8/25/09, 13:57:pm
Don’t speak ill of the dead…this young lady was a great talent and seemed to be a very caring and loving soul…it’s sad that people try to measure a persons worth by the coverage that they receive from the media…she may not have been huge to the mainstream media but she meant alot to us…RIP babygirl you will forever be missed…
Miss Glok9n
8/25/09, 14:00:pm
Glok…I may have to agree with you on that Queen of the Damned thing. MAYBE.
Black Boricua Doll
8/25/09, 14:01:pm
R.I.P. Aaliyah! We miss you so much…I can only imagine how beautiful you would be now at age 30…your legacy truly lives on in all your family, friends & fans!!! R.I.P. Baby Girl
Are You Serious
8/25/09, 14:02:pm
@Hannibal’s ***** Please don’t get it twisted. You got people that will lie in your face, fake it, claim they virgins. Be for real these young hoes out here sucking *****. Don’t try to act like Aaliyah was the only one *****ing. Young hoes was sucking ***** then and they still sucking *****.
Are You Serious
8/25/09, 14:07:pm
For the record I don’t approve of the R.kelly thing. He should be held accountable .On Aaliyah’s behalf it happens all the time most people don’t get caught.
Jade Silver
8/25/09, 14:07:pm
@ Glok… I was about to send a search party. LOL. Enjoy the herb, wish I could stick around but I’m tired and heading for Club Duvet. Lots of kisses and hugs. Will chat to you another time.
Sticky-n-Sweet
8/25/09, 14:12:pm
Took you long enough to show proper respect to the lady Bossip! I swaer, this website highlights the worst about Black culture sometimes…but anyway, R.I.P Aaliyah, even my pretentous, overbearing mother liked you…my favorite artist back in my teen years!
Doubt it
8/25/09, 14:13:pm
She would’ve been 30 today. RIP. She was becoming more and more polished at the time of her death but I believe had she lived the industry would’ve turned her out. She was becoming darker with the snakes and vampire movies.
Hannibal's *****
8/25/09, 14:13:pm
@Are you serious
You Can’t be serious, are you actually justifying her part but crucifying his??? c’mon! (I mean Sha-mon) There is No justification in this, at 15 or 16 you are well aware of your actions, and if you ask me, I believe she was *****ing to get put on (or as you black ppl call it, *****ing for tracks) why else would she be with a wealthy, powerful, welll connected man over 10 years her senior?
Adrienne
8/25/09, 14:14:pm
RIP BABY GIRL. I WILL NEVER STOP MISSING YOU. YOU ARE VERY LOVED. WE NEED YOU RIGHT NOW TO SHOW THESE CHICKS HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE!
Hannibal's *****
8/25/09, 14:17:pm
And for the record, whether these young girls are *****ting it up in private or out in the open, wrong is wrong. I know y’all love Aaliyah, (Personally I dont see major talent but whatever some ppl standards are low) However, I still thinks she is Overrated and a ***** that died to soon. Don’t forget you guys, her next powerful multi-million dollar victim was supposed to have been Damon Dash remember?
***** the World
8/25/09, 14:20:pm
***** the World..We miss you R.I.P Aaliyah
Adrienne
8/25/09, 14:28:pm
It is sad to see some stupid fools on here bashing Aaliyah saying she was not that big of a star. She was a star..heck Destiny’s child even idolized her. She was sweet, humble and cl*****y. She did not cuss, smoke or drink. Stop hating on her and let her RIP. I will always love her and she was a true Angel. I cried when she left us. 8yrs…wow! She would have been 30.
Glok9...All we do iz Spark Mad Izm!!
8/25/09, 14:28:pm
Miss GLOK9N!
ITS THE TRUTH, LOOK AT IT FOR WHAT IT REALLY WAS, bEYOUNCE …WAS TO BE MADE IN HER STEAD!
hhahahahaha
8/25/09, 14:29:pm
R.I.P AALIYAH!!!! NO ONE CAN DO IT LIKE AALIYAH! SHE WAS THE TOTAL PACKAGE! THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER!
CJ
8/25/09, 14:30:pm
Black People sut up!
Glok9...All we do iz Spark Mad Izm!!
8/25/09, 14:31:pm
JADE !
TIL WE MEET AGAIN …TAKE CARE!
Hannibal's *****
8/25/09, 14:38:pm
Adrienne
It is sad to see some stupid fools on here bashing Aaliyah saying she was not that big of a star. She was a star..heck Destiny’s child even idolized her. She was sweet, humble and cl*****y. She did not cuss, smoke or drink. Stop hating on her and let her RIP. I will always love her and she was a true Angel. I cried when she left us. 8yrs…wow! She would have been 30.
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Now hold on sista. you may need to do a little more research before you say Aaliyah never cursed smoked or drank. She was hood, I seen her backstage footage of that video “If your girl only knew” besides she was best friends with a well known industry ***** *****e w*****, Kadadia Jones (Quincy Jones’s daughter) and she was affiliated with the Roc-a-fella group who noticably cursed drank and smoked weed and other drugs. Aliyah was no Angel, no one is. Please ppl stop being Naive!!!
rome a.k.a. (Get yo a$$ to work on time!!!!)
8/25/09, 14:43:pm
If she was still here a lot of these R&B females would be non existant!….victory’s within the mile………………..Aliya would run this town tonite!!!!!!!!!!!
serene01
8/25/09, 14:44:pm
@*****CatFun
Your comments were on point!
Speaking the truth...
8/25/09, 14:45:pm
Aaliyah may have been fast…(what makes you think beyonce wasn’t?? I don’t claim she is or wasn’t) The point is…I knew nothing of Bey when Aaliyah was around. Secondly – Aaliyah was still fresh in the game doing her thing…she was not breaking record sales but she had the hottest team on her side (at the time) Timberland and Missy – yall know they were pumping out hits back then. So no telling how big that girl would be with producers like Ne-Yo, Rodney, even Kanye (could you only imagine what they could’ve written or produced for her….
I am rockin Aaliyah songs in heavy rotation in the whip everyday….bey got maybe 4 songs in my rotation – and guess what…Jay is in all of them. Yeah.
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8/25/09, 14:47:pm
triple threat for reals .. could sing, dance and ACT her butt off … loved her .. and although she was a little devil backstage, she knew how to act appropriately for the public .. love you baby girl
Dan
8/25/09, 14:48:pm
I miss Aaliyah. Right before her death she was well on her way to being a BIG star. I really admired her style too. She effortlessly had that stylish and “edgy” look that so many singers today try so desperately to achieve. Rihanna who?
L
8/25/09, 14:48:pm
princedonte
Aaliyah was the best to ever to do it her death was the biggest tragedy in music she will be missed for ever and always
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ummm have you ever heard of michael jackson???
L
8/25/09, 14:51:pm
CJ
Black People sut up!
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and how EXACTLY do we SUT up??
My Blog
8/25/09, 14:54:pm
[...] R.I.P.: Aaliyah… We Miss You… 08/25/2001 [...]
CoCoa Gyal
8/25/09, 14:56:pm
Oh My Goodness, I still remember where I was when I heard Aaliyah p*****ed, I can’t believe its been 8 yrs. R.I.P, one of the best to have ever done it!
BLACKDIAMONDCENTER
8/25/09, 15:00:pm
Michigan still loves and remembers you ……..RIP
WESTCOASTLOVE
8/25/09, 15:09:pm
ITS CRAZY HOW YA’LL TRY TO MAKE HER ANGELIC SHE WAS HUMAN NO ONES PERFECT!!! SHE WAS MARRIED TO R KELLY AS A MINOR WHILE HE HAD HER SINGIN AGE AINT NUTHIN BUT A NUMBER …COME ON NOW ~ HOW MANY MORE WAYS DOES SOMEONE NEED TO SAY THEYRE *****IN A KID ???COULD THAT B WHY HER FAMILY DIDNT WANT HIM AROUND WHEN SHE DIED ??? IS THAT WHY HE WENT ON A *****IN RAMPAGEhMmmMmM IM JUST SAYIN ~CAUSE TRULY ALL THAT ***** HAPPENED RIGHT AROUND HER DEATH HMmMmmMMMMmM AND TRUTHFULLY SHE WAS ALL UP AND UNDER JAY Z AND THEN DAME SOOOO WHATS REALLY HATTNIN WIT PEOPLE TRYIN TO MAKE HER SO INNOCENT YES SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL YES SHE WAS TALENTED , BUT A PURE AND INNOCENT WHOLESOME GUURL ….. WE ALL KNO BETTER ~ REST IN PEACE AALIYAH ALL THESE FEMALES OUT TODAY WISH THEY COULD OUT DANCE HER ***** AALIYAH HAD A SEXINESS THAT OOZED OUTTA HER WITHOUT HAVIN TO BE BUTNAKED BUT THAT DOESNT MEAN THAT SHE WOULDNT HAVE SHOWED SOME ***** AND ***** SHOTS AND HER MUSIC SOUNDS EVEN BETTER CHOP CHOP AND SCREWED UP JUST KEEPIN IT 100 FOR ALL THE HATERS
B.W.W.
8/25/09, 15:18:pm
i miss her. every time i see beyaki i wish we still had aaliyah and sane lauryn in the game. and whoever is talking ***** about aaliyah is a fool. who in here would like to be defined by one part of their personality and one aspect of their life?
MrS*Diamond Encrusted*Glok
8/25/09, 15:21:pm
Wow… 8 years already. Damn I’m gettin old… Welp, RIP
Are You Serious
8/25/09, 15:25:pm
Aaliyah is a perfect example of not being perfect. Which in my eye’s is perfection. She wasn’t a fake or phoney.
creolepimp
8/25/09, 15:29:pm
If somebody else comments about Aaliyah vs Beyonce vs Godzilla vs Freddy vs Jason….
luv her
8/25/09, 15:30:pm
RIP BEAUTIFUL! NONE LIKE YOU WE CHERISH YOUR MEMORY, WE KNOW YOUR SITTING HUMMING WITH THE ANGELS…………….
FREE REMY
8/25/09, 15:39:pm
THE BEST SPIRIT AND TALENT THE INDUSTRY HAVE SEEN.. HAVE YET TO BE DUPLICATED AND NEVER WILL.. R.I.P. PRINCESS AALIYAH, I’LL ALWAYS REP FOR YA
mizjerzee
8/25/09, 15:43:pm
RIP Aaliyah! you are truly missed!
F@CK IS WRONG WIT DESE BROADS?
8/25/09, 15:50:pm
HOW CUD THE OOOONNNNNNEEE…
THE ONE I GAAAAAAAAAAVVVVE MY HEART TOOOOOOO….
dat was truly my *****! along wit one in a million, back n forth, 4 page letter, resolution, hot like fire… all of it, dont think she made a song i cudnt bump to, she was the first person whose death i cried over celebrity or real… RIP Aaliyah- still got u onrepeat like da old times…
brea
8/25/09, 16:01:pm
One of the best!
FK43
8/25/09, 16:20:pm
Sorry but she was no angel. She married R.Kelly when she was 15 which means she was *****ing a grown man @ 15 years old. If that was Beyonce yall would be calling her a hoe which yall do right now. She was no angel but her music is missed!!
TJ
8/25/09, 16:21:pm
Todays my b-day, and I always get a lil bummed for a little while thinking about her. We love you and miss you Aaliyah
Mark
8/25/09, 16:27:pm
I interviewed her shortly before her death. She was a lovely, gracious, talented and sweet person. I never liked R&B that much but love her music, it has that understated, smart, sexy, cool delivery, and was a true breath of fresh air on the music scene. There will never be another like her. RIP Aaliyah.
Masie_UK
8/25/09, 16:33:pm
This overrated *****, she wasn’t even that great…really, get over it. Geeze
Miss Glok9n
8/25/09, 16:38:pm
Sad to say, but whatFK43commented is very very true.
Tanarah
8/25/09, 16:43:pm
RIP to a queen…AALIYAH…she was and still is truely the bomb…I dont stop playing her music…..if only the hands of time can be turned backward….their will never be non other…AALIYAH..truel one in a million..
Tanarah
8/25/09, 16:46:pm
@MASIE_UK … YOU ARE A *****ING ***** HEAD FOR THAT DUMB ***** COMMIT YOU MADE>>>I HOPE WHEN YOU DIE SOMEONE *****ES ON YOUR GRAVE!!!!!>>JACK*****!!!!!!
Cl*****icHeelz(MISS MY LILI)
8/25/09, 16:53:pm
REST IN PEACE TO SUCH A HUMBLE TALENTED GIFTED BEAUTY…SHE INSPIRED MANY WITH “HER” STYLE and DANCE MOVES….I will love you always AALIYAH..I was bumping my girls music today…I miss her so much…and just singers that made REAL music without the tacky azz sex sellin music or manufactured tasteless singing…..love my AALIYAH ALWAYS….NEVER B FORGOTTEN.
British ChiiC... Jamaican Blood...
8/25/09, 16:56:pm
RiiP Aaliyah, miss you loaaddssss… she was sooo prettyy.
Aaliyah 1979-2001
8/25/09, 16:56:pm
This is so sad how a sweet tribute to a young woman taken away from the world at the peak of her promising career turned into her being called a “w*****, *****” or saying that she “*****ed R Kelly at 15.” NONE OF YOU on here know what went on between Aaliyah and R Kelly in 1994 and 1995, ONLY Aaliyah and R Kelly know that. That ***** is old as hell, so why every time someone tries to speak good things of her, a bunch of bogus fools jump onto the subject and turn it into something negative. Yes I agree, Aaliyah was no angel..but I don’t believe she was a “w*****, *****” or anything like that either. Yes she WAS A HUMAN, but she didn’t act like some of these new celebrity singers such as; Keri Hilson, Ciara, C*****ie..and have to do something drastic in order to sell records. And besides that, she knew how to conduct her self in public. You didn’t see her on MTV or BET all drunk and shaving one side of her head, or wearing clothes that looked like they were painful to her crotch area, or shirts so low you could see her *****. She was better than that. And if you ever heard Aaliyah talk like in interviews and things, she had that New York street-ness to her, but she also sounded very mature and intelligent for her age. You didn’t see her getting blown up on XXL and Vibe magazines talking about “beefing” with another female singer. And she loved what she did. Why every time Aaliyah pops up on a thread in REMEMBERANCE of her, the only thing some of you fools want to reflect on is the ***** that happened in 1994. That’s 15 years old, Aaliyah is gone. R Kelly and Aaliyah while she was here, BOTH managed to move past that and their careers both pressed on. She didn’t let that error back then effect her career in the latter days. She kept a good head on her shoulders, and stayed true to it..and the matter really did die down. Why can’t y’all remember the good on her? Why do you wanna see her negativity? She was a talented woman with what I believe a lot to offer, but she didn’t get the chance to show people what she was more about. God needed her, and had better plans for her and better things for her to accomplish. And I believe that that’s EXACTLY what she is doing. RIP Babygirl! Much love!!!
F@CK IS WRONG WIT DESE BROADS?
8/25/09, 16:58:pm
Aaliyah Dana Haughton was born on January 16, 1979, in Brooklyn, New York City, New York.[1] Born of African American and Native American descent,[2][3] she was the second and youngest child of Diane and Michael Haughton.[4] At a young age, Aaliyah was enrolled in voice lessons by her mother.[1] When she was five years old, her family moved to Detroit, Michigan, where she was raised along with her older brother, Rashad.[5][6] She attended a Catholic school, Gesu Elementary, where she received a part in the stage play Annie in first grade; from then on, she was determined to be an entertainer.[7] Aaliyah’s mother was a vocalist, and her uncle, Barry Hankerson, was an entertainment lawyer who was previously married to Gladys Knight.[6] As a child, Aaliyah traveled with Knight and worked with an agent in New York to audition for commercials and television programs, including Family Matters; she went on to appear appeared on Star Search at the age of nine.[1][8] She then auditioned for several record labels and appeared in concert alongside Knight at age 11.[6][9]
1992–1995: Age Ain’t Nothing But a Number
After Barry Hankerson signed a distribution deal with Jive Records, he signed Aaliyah to his Blackground Records label at the age of 12.[10][11] Hankerson then introduced her to recording artist and producer R. Kelly.[9] He became Aaliyah’s mentor, as well as lead songwriter and producer of the album.[12][13] They began recording her debut album, Age Ain’t Nothing But a Number, when she was 14.[11] Released in June 1994, the album peaked at number 18 on the Billboard 200 and sold over two million copies in the United States.[14][15] Aaliyah’s debut single, “Back & Forth”, topped the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for three weeks and was certified Gold by the RIAA.[16][17] The second single, a cover of The Isley Brothers’ “At Your Best (You Are Love)”, peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 and was also certified Gold by the RIAA.[16][17] The title track, “Age Ain’t Nothing But a Number”, peaked at number 75 on the Hot 100.[16]
With the release of Age Ain’t Nothing But a Number, rumors began to circulate of a relationship between Aaliyah and Kelly.[9][18] Shortly after, rumors of a secret marriage began with the release of “Age Ain’t Nothing But a Number” and the adult content that Kelly had written for Aaliyah.[19] Vibe magazine later revealed a marriage certificate that listed the couple, where they were allegedly married on August 31, 1994, in Sheraton Gateway Suites in Rosemont, Illinois.[9][19] Aaliyah, who was 15 at the time, was listed as 18 on the certificate; the illegal marriage was reportedly annulled by her parents.[12][19] The pair continued to deny marriage allegations, stating that neither was married.[18]
1996–1999: One in a Million
“If Your Girl Only Knew” (1996)
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In her second album, Aaliyah was noted for having “smoother, more seductive, and stronger” singing.[20]
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In 1996, Aaliyah left Jive Records and signed to Atlantic Records.[9] She worked with record producers Timbaland and Missy Elliott, who contributed to her second studio album, One in a Million.[6] The album yielded “If Your Girl Only Knew”, which topped the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for two weeks.[16] It also generated the singles “Hot like Fire” and “4 Page Letter”; the following year, Aaliyah was featured on Timbaland & Magoo’s debut single, “Up Jumps da Boogie”.[21] One in a Million peaked at number 18 on the Billboard 200,[14] selling over two million copies in the United States and over eight million copies worldwide.
Aaliyah attended the Detroit High School for the Performing Arts, where she majored in drama and graduated in 1997 with a 4.0 grade point average.[9][24][25] Aaliyah began her acting career that same year; she played herself in the police drama television series New York Undercover.[26] She then released “The Thing I Like” from the soundtrack of A Low Down Dirty Shame;[27] it peaked at number 33 on the UK Singles Chart.[28] Aaliyah appeared on the soundtrack album for the Fox Animation Studios animated feature Anastasia, performing a cover version of “Journey to the Past”.[27] The song was nominated for an Academy Award, where she performed the song at the 1998 Academy Awards ceremony, becoming the youngest singer to perform at the ceremony.[29][30]
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 families. It grossed $18.6 million in its first weekend, ranking number two at the box office.[31] In addition to acting, Aaliyah served as an executive producer of the film soundtrack, where she contributed four songs.[32] “Try Again” was released as a single from the soundtrack; the song topped the Billboard Hot 100, making Aaliyah the first artist to top the chart based solely on radio airplay; this led the song to be released in a 12″ vinyl and 7″ single.[16][33] The video for the song earned Aaliyah Best Female Video and Best Video from a Film at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards.[34] It also earned her a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female R&B Vocalist.[35] The soundtrack went on to sell 1.5 million copies in the United States.[36]
After Romeo Must Die, Aaliyah began to film for her second film, Queen of the Damned. She had the role of an ancient vampire, Queen Akasha, which she described as a “manipulative, crazy, sexual being”.[11] She was scheduled to film for the sequels of The Matrix as the character Zee.[9][37] Aaliyah went on to release her eponymous album, Aaliyah, in July 2001. Produced primarily by Timbaland,[1] the album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, selling 187,000 copies in its first week.[38] The first single from the album, “We Need a Resolution”, peaked at number 59 on the Billboard Hot 100.[16]
Plane crash, death and wrongful death lawsuit
On August 25, 2001, at 6:45 pm (EST), Aaliyah and various members of her record company boarded a twin engine Cessna 402B (N8097W) at Marsh Harbour, Abaco Islands, The Bahamas, to travel to an airport in Opa-locka, Florida, after they completed filming the music video for “Rock the Boat”.[39] The crew had a flight scheduled the following day, but Aaliyah and her entourage were eager to return to the United States due to the filming finishing early, so they demanded that their heavy equipment be loaded on the plane rather than left behind. It resulted in the aircraft being well beyond the standard weight and balance tolerance provided by Cessna.[40]
The plane crashed shortly after takeoff, about 200 feet (60 m) from the runway.[39] Aaliyah, pilot Luis Morales III, hair stylist Eric Forman, Anthony Dodd, security guard Scott Gallin, video producer Douglas Kratz, stylist Christopher Maldonado, and Blackground Records employees Keith Wallace and Gina Smith were killed.[41] According to findings from an inquest conducted by the coroner’s office in The Bahamas, Aaliyah suffered from “severe burns and a blow to the head”, in addition to severe shock. The coroner theorized that, even if Aaliyah had survived the crash, her recovery would have been virtually impossible given the severity of her injuries.[42] The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report stated that “the airplane was seen lifting off the runway, and then nose down, impacting in a marsh on the south side of the departure end of runway 27.”[43] It also indicated that the pilot was not approved to pilot the plane he was attempting to fly. Morales falsely obtained his Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) license by showing hundreds of hours never flown, and he may also have falsified how many hours he had flown in order to get a job with his employer, Blackhawk International Airways.[44] Additionally, an autopsy performed on Morales revealed traces of cocaine and alcohol in his system.
Further investigations determined the plane was over its total gross weight by 700 pounds and was loaded with one more p*****enger than it was allowed to carry.[46] John Frank of the Cessna Pilots *****ociation stated that the plane was “definitely overloaded”.[47] The NTSB reported that the total gross weight of the plane was “substantially exceeded”, which caused the center of gravity to be pushed too far aft.[43] Aaliyah’s funeral was held on August 31, 2001, at the Saint Ignatius Loyola Church in New York, which was attended by over 800 mourners.[12][48] After service, 22 white doves were released to symbolize each year of her life.[49] Aaliyah was buried at the Ferncliff Cemetery.[50]
The day of the crash was Morales’ first official day with Blackhawk International Airways, an FAA Part 135 single-pilot operation. In addition, Morales was not registered with the FAA to fly for Blackhawk. As a result of the accident, a wrongful death lawsuit was filed by Aaliyah’s parents and was later settled out of court for an undisclosed amount.[51] Barry & Sons, Inc., a corporation formed in 1992 to develop, promote and capitalize Aaliyah and to oversee the production and distribution of her records and music videos, brought an unsuccessful lawsuit in the New York Supreme Court against Instinct Productions LLC, the company that was hired in August 2001 to produce the music video for “Rock the Boat”. The case was dismissed due to New York’s wrongful death statute only permitting certain people to recover damages for wrongful death.[52][53]
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.[54] “Rock the Boat” became a posthumous single, peaking at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[55] The song was also included on the Now That’s What I Call Music! 8 compilation series; a portion of the album’s profits were donated to the Aaliyah Memorial Fund.[56] The following two singles from Aaliyah, “More than a Woman” and “I Care 4 U”, peaked within the top 25 of the Billboard Hot 100.[55] The album was certified double Platinum by the RIAA and sold 2.5 million copies in the United States.[17][57]
She went on to win two posthumous awards at the American Music Awards of 2002; Favorite Female R&B Artist and Favorite R&B/Soul Album for Aaliyah.[58] Her second and final film, Queen of the Damned, was released in February 2002. Before its release, Aaliyah’s brother, Rashad, re-dubbed part of her lines during post-production.[59][60] It grossed $15.2 million in its first weekend, ranking number one at the box office.[61] In December 2002, a collection of previously unreleased material was released as Aaliyah’s first posthumous album, I Care 4 U. A portion of proceeds was donated to the Aaliyah Memorial Fund, a program that benefits the Revlon UCLA Women Cancer Research Program and Harlem’s Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.[62] It debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, selling 280,000 copies in its first week.[57] The album’s lead single, “Miss You”, peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[55] In August of the following year, clothing retailer Christian Dior donated profits from sales in honor of Aaliyah.[63]
Aaliyah was signed to appear in future films, including Honey (recast to Jessica Alba);[64] Some Kind of Blue and a Whitney Houston-produced remake of the 1976 film Sparkle were cancelled due to Aaliyah’s death.[2][65] Before her death, Aaliyah had filmed part of her role in The Matrix Reloaded and was scheduled to appear in The Matrix Revolutions as Zee.[21] The role was later recast to Nona Gaye.[37] With the release of the Matrix Ultimate Collection series, clips of Aaliyah were included in the tribute section.[66]
In 2005, Aaliyah’s second compilation album, Ultimate Aaliyah was released in the UK by Blackground Records.[67] Ultimate Aaliyah is a three disc set which comprises a greatest hits audio CD, a second audio CD which includes music from the Romeo Must Die soundtrack and songs by other artists on which Aaliyah is featured, and a DVD.[67] Andy Kellman of Allmusic remarked “Ultimate Aaliyah adequately represents the shortened career of a tremendous talent who benefited from some of the best songwriting and production work by Timbaland, Missy Elliott, and R. Kelly.”
Aaliyah had a vocal range of a soprano.[9] With the release of her debut single “Back & Forth”, Dimitri Ehrlich of Entertainment Weekly expressed that Aaliyah’s “silky vocals are more agile than those of self-proclaimed queen of hip-hop soul Mary J. Blige.”[69] Aaliyah described her sound as “street but sweet”, which featured her “gentle” vocals over a “hard” beat.[70] Though Aaliyah did not write any of her own material,[9] her lyrics were described to be in-depth.[71][72] She incorporated R&B, pop and hip hop into her music. Her songs were often uptempo and melancholy, revolving around matters of the heart.[73][68] Her songs have been said to have “crisp production” and “staccato arrangements” that “extend genre boundaries” while containing “old-school” soul music. When experimenting with other genres, such as Latin pop and heavy metal, writers panned the attempt.
As her albums progressed, writers felt that Aaliyah matured, calling her progress a “declaration of strength and independence”.[72][68] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic described her eponymous album, Aaliyah, as “a statement of maturity and a stunning artistic leap forward” and called it one of the strongest urban soul records of its time.[72] She portrayed “unfamiliar sounds, styles and emotions”, but managed to please critics with the contemporary sound it contained.[72] Ernest Hardy of Rolling Stone felt that Aaliyah reflected a stronger technique, where she gave her best vocal performance.[68] Others felt that she was “satisfying rather than extraordinary”, stating that she added little to modern R&B.[74][75]
As an artist, Aaliyah often voiced that she was inspired by a number of performers. These include Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Sade, En Vogue, Nine Inch Nails, ‘N Sync, Korn, Britney Spears, The Notorious B.I.G., Prince, Naughty by Nature, Johnny Mathis and Janet Jackson.[76] Aaliyah expressed that Michael Jackson’s Thriller was her “favorite album” and that “[n]othing will ever top Thriller.”[76] She stated that she admired Sade because “she stays true to her style no matter what… she’s an amazing artist, an amazing performer… and I absolutely love her.”[76] Aaliyah expressed Janet Jackson—whom she had drawn frequent comparison to over the course of her career—was someone she had always desired to work with, stating “I admire her a great deal. She’s a total performer… I’d love to do a duet with Janet Jackson.”[76][77][78][79] Jackson reciprocated Aaliyah’s affections, commenting “I’ve loved her from the beginning because she always comes out and does something different, musically.” Jackson also stated she would have enjoyed collaborating with Aaliyah.[76]
Since the beginning of her career, Aaliyah focused on her public image. She often wore baggy clothes and sungl*****es, stating that she “wanted to be me”.[80] She described her image as being “important… to differentiate yourself from the rest of the pack”.[81] She often wore black clothing, which led women in the United States and Japan to utilize her look.[9][82] Aaliyah parti*****ted in fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger’s All America Tour and was featured in Tommy Jean ads, which depicted her in boxer shorts, baggy jeans and a tube top. Hilfiger’s brother, Andy, called it “a whole new look” that was “cl*****y but sexy”.[82] When she changed her hairstyle, Aaliyah took her mother’s advice to cover her left eye, much like Veronica Lake.[83] In 1998, Aaliyah hired a personal trainer to keep in shape. She exercised five days a week and ate diet foods.[84] Aaliyah was praised for her “clean-cut image” and “moral values”.[85]
Legacy
Aaliyah has been credited for helping redefine R&B and hip hop in the 1990s, “leaving an indelible imprint on the music industry as a whole.”[86][87] Steve Huey of Allmusic wrote Aaliyah ranks among the “elite” artists of the R&B genre, as she “played a major role in popularizing the stuttering, futuristic production style that consumed hip-hop and urban soul in the late ’90s.”[88] Described as one of “R&B’s most important artists” during the 1990s,[89] her second studio album, One in a Million, became one of the most influential R&B albums of the decade.[90] According to Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine, Aaliyah provided a “missing link between hip-hop and electronica”.[91] Having sold 8.1 million albums in the United States and over 24 million records worldwide,[92][93] Aaliyah has been named the “Queen of Urban Pop”[94] and “prove[d] she was a muse in her own right”.[95] Ernest Hardy of Rolling Stone dubbed her as the “undisputed queen of the midtempo come-on”.[68]
Aaliyah was honored at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards by Janet Jackson, Missy Elliott, Timbaland, Ginuwine and her brother, Rashad, who all paid tribute to her.[96] In the same year, the United States Social Security Administration ranked the name Aaliyah one of the 100 most popular names for newborn girls.[97] Aaliyah was ranked as one of “The Top 40 Women of the Video Era” and “100 Sexiest Artists” in VH1’s 2003 The Greatest series.[98][99] She was also ranked at number 18 on BET’s “Top 25 Dancers of All Time”.[100] In memory of Aaliyah, the Entertainment Industry Foundation created the Aaliyah Memorial Fund to donate money raised to charities she supported.
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AND I WISH A MUDDASUCKA WUD SAY ITS TOO LONG! RESPECT THE QUEEN AS SHE NOW RESIDES ON HER THRONE!
R.I.P. Miss Haughton
Man, I just don't care™
8/25/09, 17:02:pm
I was sooooo in love with Aaliyah. Most beautiful woman who ever lived…
R.I.P.
Jay
8/25/09, 17:07:pm
rest in peace Aaliyah she was an angel now she is in heaven humming beautiful tunes
NaQuia88
8/25/09, 17:18:pm
You Know What To That LOL *****!! Aaliyah Was A Big Star and Beautiful, You A Hating ***** ***** Becuz She Didn’t Show Her ***** On Stage Doesn’t Mean She Was Big. All These Wack ***** Singers Didn’t Hit Solo Till After She Died Anyways Since She Wasn’t So Called Big..etc Like Beyonce,Ashanti,Tweet,Ciara….All Those Damn Singers So Give respect When Respect Is Due…R.I.P. BEAUTIFUL AALIYAH (FAVORITE SINGER)
bcan
8/25/09, 17:23:pm
RIP Baby Girl. Such a beautiful person. I can only imagine what her career would have been now. She was about to get it popping acting…sad story. God had other plans for her.
BIANCA
8/25/09, 17:33:pm
I love you Aaliyah!
ATLZ
8/25/09, 17:44:pm
first of all, RIP Aaliyah, u will be forever missed!
lawd…the first part of the comments were nice & respectful, but i knew that it would be just a matter of time b4 ghettofab/ignorant-***** folk start bein disrepectful of the dead. Aaliyah was cl*****y, i don’t care how u slice it, SHE WAS. she wasn’t gyratin her crotch out in public in barely-there outfits , and no sex tapes or nude photos. even IF the whole r.kelly/jayz thing is true, AT LEAST she had the decency to keep it private so that ALL IT WILL EVER BE IS RUMOR. it will NEVER be confirmed. so y’all hatin ***** *****es need to sit down and actually talk about FACTS u know. unless u were there with a video camera, shut the f uck up. this why they say there’s somethin wrong w/us black folk, always tearin each other down…can’t even be respectful to someone who’s p*****ed away that NEVER did nothin bad to you ever…DAMN!!
andiamo708
8/25/09, 18:07:pm
RIP aaliyah
what’s sad is that if Aaliyah was still here with us this site would most certainly be making fun of her instead of bigging her up. Don’t know whoever writes the comments in this place but the hatred ruins the majority of these posts. I know this site is a joke…much like the people who create these asinine comments but still…lay off the hate…you’ll prolly get more traffic.
Shabri
8/25/09, 18:10:pm
I LOVE YOU BABY GIRL!!
Brown Girl
8/25/09, 18:15:pm
@ what is wrong with these broads. WELL DONE. ENUFF SAID!!!
REST IN PEACE QUEEN AALIYAH – U WERE TRULY AN INSPIRATION. GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN!
AS THEY SAY IN THE ISLANDS – BIG UP U BEAUTIFUL SELF – GOD HAS AN ANGEL!
MC
8/25/09, 18:26:pm
Rest in Peace Aaliyah.
PrettyRosy
8/25/09, 19:07:pm
Aaliyah was everything:Talented, strong, sexy, stylish and smart. Her music was great and I knew every song by heart. *sigh* it is still so hard to believe that she is gone. I cried when she died. Same for Left Eye, Tupac and Michael Jackson. That’s why I love music, it touches the souls of many and lives on forever. RIP Aaliyah.
lanette
8/25/09, 19:08:pm
RIP Baby girl…
Peace and love to the family..
hotgal82
8/25/09, 19:47:pm
RIP Babygirl! x
BOSSIP IS WHACK!
8/25/09, 19:47:pm
Rest In Piece Beautiful.
God, I miss her so much.
Golden Goddess☀
8/25/09, 19:57:pm
R.I.P Aaliyah..
*fav songs*
At Your Best
Are You That Somebody
Back In One Piece
We Need A Resolution
Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number
DC
8/25/09, 20:23:pm
RIP Aaliayh
come on
8/25/09, 20:52:pm
Pretty wings are spreading tonight, yes indeed! Rest in peace, Aaliyah, for you are difinitely one in a million.
Silken Dove
8/25/09, 21:01:pm
RIP, pretty.
Bufluv
8/25/09, 21:12:pm
Gone too soon…RIP Aaliyah!!!!
stacia
8/25/09, 21:41:pm
@Aaliyah 1979-2001
Well ppl *****ume stuff about every celeb. Ppl make their own *****umptions about what happened and *****ody ever says anything about that. I just think yall are all so phoney when someone dies. The fakeness is unbearable.
charmingme22
8/25/09, 21:45:pm
I DON’T CARE WHAT ANYBODY SAYS…AALIYAH WAS THE BEST!!!! I REMEMBER AT 11 YRS OLD ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL SHE DIED I ADMIRED HER SO MUCH!!! SHE WAS SO BEAUTIFUL. I WISH SHE WAS STILL HERE…BECAUSE ALOT OF THESE SINGERS THINK SHAIKING THEIR ***** AND SLINGING WEAVE EVERY WHERE IS HOT..AALIYAH…BABY GIRL..ALL I CAN SAY IS IN MY OPINION YOU ARE AND STILL IS THE BEST. RIP BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mock Rock Star
8/25/09, 22:10:pm
RIP Aaliyah
Beyonce shouldn’t even be a part of this conversation, but if she dropped dead tomorrow the same folks bashing her will be crying the blues of her p*****ing.
jealousy is a disease so get well *****ES...
8/25/09, 22:36:pm
my heart STILL hurts to this day for her. R.I.P. girl always…
ROCKCITY
8/25/09, 22:40:pm
MISS U !!! R.I.P
KING JONNY
8/25/09, 23:03:pm
RIP Baby Girl
And it is really sad that people can find the time to hate when this was set up as a memorial. Beyonce and Rihanna have nothing to do with this…she paved the road so that they could be accepted in the mainstream. Brittany Bey(especially that first album) all of them took something from her she is a legend keep dat bull ***** to your own hateful ***** lives!
mscreative
8/25/09, 23:20:pm
R.I.P …Will never forget the day Aaliyah died..August 25th My Birthday.
*Ms. NYTX* -han'lin bizzness
8/26/09, 04:46:am
RIP Aaliyah….
put it this way..even if aaliyah was still here..beyonce still would have taken over..how far under is mariah carey from beyonce and she been in the game for years…you got to think on how it would be in TODAYS world..music has changed, people have changed the style has changed…all of the 90s music heads who was bangin up the charts back then did quite well UNTIL..the new music era hit and they all died down…and now some of them are trying to make comebacks..look what is out there today..everyone is trying to sound like everybody..i know the muture audiences out there who listen to real music would not go and buy some of the latest cds out there ie…soulja boy, bow wow..but look at what type of music is being put out there..beyonce crossed over to reach all types of audiences…thats why most of the people who were once in the states doing music fell off here and are now somewhere in Europe promoting there music…
Your friendly neighbourhood weedman
8/26/09, 08:11:am
R.I.P baby girl
~JamaicanQueen~
8/26/09, 08:47:am
Best female artist ever. She didn’t have to sell sex to sell her records. Her music was tasteful and moving without bringing females down. So lady like and a true role model inlike these females out her today.
the insider
8/26/09, 09:05:am
WOW!!! Time flies… R.I.P mama!
Jess
8/26/09, 09:34:am
Before photoshop and plastic *****es. True beauty. RIP mamma we will always love you. You are truly missed.
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8/26/09, 10:13:am
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Nicole
8/26/09, 11:12:am
I loved Aaliyah! I she was still here these non singing no talent *****es such as C*****ie, Ciara etc would not be around. Rest In Peace.
Aaliyah 1979-2001
8/26/09, 11:17:am
@ Stacia..yeah that is so true. I’ve been an Aaliyah fan since I 1999 when I first heard her song “One In A Million” and I loved it. So I looked up some music sites and found her earlier videos like; At Your Best, Back and Forth, Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number..and I fell in love. Like a lot of people have said Aaliyah didn’t have to wear skimpy outfits like; Beyonce, Ciara, Rihanna, C*****ie, Keri Hilson..she didn’t have to shake her ***** in music videos and be salacious with the lip-licking and pushing her ***** onto the camera screen.
She had true cl*****, and style and she already knew how to maneuver around the agressively sensual looking critics in the game. And people loved her even more for that. I hate it when people try to say she *****ed R Kelly at 15 and all this and that. How do they know that? Were they videotaping it? Were they in the room with them? Were they around them when it was going on? NO.
All these *****umptions about her being a “w*****, *****” and all this crap is truly ridiculous. They don’t know her like that, she didn’t act a fool on national television or in public just to make her self be noticed.
Everybody always has something bad to say about her, and it’s a shame that’s how people choose to remember her. Just like how they have been doing MJ lately, just surrounding him with negative media. Now he’s gone and the interviewers who wanted to call him a pedophile and say his marriage to Lisa Marie was fake are looking bad now, cause they see that he WASN’T as bad as they were trying to make him.
Let Aaliyah rest in peace, stop reflecting on her 15-yr-old mistake and focus on her ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
MiMi /RealTalk
8/26/09, 12:15:pm
RIP! I remember when this happen, it was on my birthday August 25, 2001. I was having a good day! Then I heard this I was so upset! Everyone said, you look just like her! She was and still is one of the best!
Real Talk revealed AKA MiMi
!!!!!R.I.P MIKE!!!!!
8/26/09, 12:33:pm
R.I.P AALIYAH LOVE AND MISS U.
!!!!!R.I.P MIKE!!!!!
8/26/09, 12:33:pm
I AGREE NICOLE NONE OF THEM *****ES WOULD AND NONE CANT EVEN TOUCH HER NOW.
Born
8/26/09, 13:01:pm
Dame/Aaliyah….Jay/Bey….I’ll take the initial option.
Born
8/26/09, 13:12:pm
…sorry to bring them into it, Bey/Jay, but I really think Jay stole Dame’s whole idea of a do-it-all/all around couple: clothing line/perfume/cologne/ celebrity duo etc. I believe that is why Dame is so angry/saddened at Jay , it’s just not jealousy. He probably told him all the things he planned to do with Aaliyah. Jay was like bingo…time to drop my boy(s).
misslady
8/26/09, 13:25:pm
Aalyiah was a beautiful spirit. I miss her and still listen to her music. On another note…Hello! Do you think Beyonce would be where she was if this tragedy had not happened. No!
RIP
8/26/09, 13:30:pm
WE MISS YOU
VA
8/26/09, 14:26:pm
Miss you! voice of an angel
MACK
8/26/09, 16:41:pm
MAN OH MAN! I miss this girl like I knew her…me and my friends LOVED her growing up, she was like “our star” every generation has their own “star” or famous person that they identify with and she was definitly ours….I was looking forward to everything she had in the works….she would have been awesome in the Matrix…..
RIP BABYGIRL! MISS U A LOT…
Sugamama
8/26/09, 18:23:pm
Babygirl you are sorely missed. Your music, your style, your standards and respect are not present in the industry today. You and your mom had the most wonderful relationship. You set the standard for my relationship with my daughter. She loves your music to this day. We love and miss you, RIP angel.
Niki
8/26/09, 18:46:pm
LOVE YOU LILI! RIP FOREVER GIRL:)
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8/26/09, 19:11:pm
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mmkayy
8/27/09, 05:56:am
RIP babygirl..
Truth
8/27/09, 07:32:am
She was hanging out with both Dame and Jay before she p*****ed. I’m not sure, but I think she was engaged to Dame. Anyway, I’m just glad she p*****ed before getting caught up in the Luciferian ideals which are being pushed on us conciously and subconciously in the media.
I know, I know, “It’s not really what you think”. Please. I grew up on Shields St. in the Southside of Chicago. Saw the “Taylors” every morning when I left for school. You can’t ***** on my head and tell me it’s raining.
Check out Jay’s shirt that says “Do what thou wilt”. That ain’t no Bible verse. It’s Thelema.
“…Believe half of what you see, none of what you hear, even if it’s spat by me…..” – Jay-Z
How does Kanye go from “Jesus Walks” to producing “Lucifer” (listen to Jay say, “Thanks again” and the end of that song in context, who is he thanking).
Black/White/Yellow/Red/Brown people, start using your mind to “see”, they’re really killing us slowly.
I’m not telling you what to believe. You open your mind and you be the judge.
BiggDoN'tHurtEm
8/27/09, 12:17:pm
I’ll never forget that day 8 years ago, for that was the day of my wedding. We had just finished our money dances and me and my boyz stepped outside of the reception hall into the rose garden to get some fresh air, when my uncle whom had just arrived to the wedding and he dropped the bad news on us, that Aaliyah had died. As the word spread quickly throughout the guest, from my grandmother down to the kids were teary eyed after hearing this. So of course me being the life of the party, I went to the DJ and had him put on all of the fast paced songs he had with him by Aaliyah and we rocked that reception like 200 people paying tribute to an icon are supposed to. It turned into a celebration of a home-going, the way only black people know how to do it! My wife and I spent a nice day at home listening to all of the Aaliyah songs on internet radio for our 8th anniversary, enjoying her and each other! R.I.P Aaliyah!
Fockin Ig-nit
8/27/09, 13:33:pm
Dayum – it has been 8 years??? I really do miss her music.
CRAZYCHRIS
8/27/09, 16:20:pm
aaliyah served satan and she was sacrificed to be with her lord and master.
Masie_UK
8/27/09, 18:13:pm
Everyone here is PA-THET-IC, RIP bull, you didnt even know her you idiots and she certainly was no Michael. You all make me laugh. she was overrated and couldnt sing. Her facade fooled all of you, dumb*****es. Im gonna continue laughing at these RIP comments lmaoooooooooooooo
Masie_UK
8/27/09, 18:14:pm
Keep the hate coming my way for all those who disagree, kindly accept them
tayler
8/27/09, 20:50:pm
R.I.P we misssss uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Aaliyah 1979-2001
8/28/09, 01:01:am
@ Masie_UK the only person on here who is PA-THET-IC is YOU. Aaliyah wasn’t an angel, but she wasn’t a ***** either. And as far as overrated go, it was only because in actuality she was UNDERRATED while she was still here. She made GOOD MUSIC, DRESSED RESPECTABLY, SHE COULD SING, DANCE, ACT, AND MODEL. She didn’t need to shake her ***** in music videos, show her ***** and crotch or sing about having sex with dudes in order to get recognition or publicity from the media.
She was respected from a lot of people because she was so kind and respectful, a sweetheart.
You don’t know her enough to automatically *****ume she was a “*****, w*****, ho” stuff like that so shut that lame ***** ***** up.
That was her PAST. Whatever she did, she knew how to keep it private because people like you and the media tend to make up rumors or speculations based on little bits and pieces of information they get on a celeb.
She was beautiful inside and out, she always had something new and exciting about her; music wise and in generally in talent. And she will be remembered for that. If you would like to continue to call her out these names NOT EVEN KNOWING what REALLY went on back in 1994, then that’s on you. Keep it to yourself.
Rest in peace Babygirl! we miss and love you!!!!
j2dabaz
8/29/09, 00:22:am
This was a very cl*****y, talented young lady that we all got to see and hear her beutiful muzic. The day i heard “Try again” it had me in a daze. You dont see many dudes with female artist muzic bumpin in the ride, but I had that jam blastin loud every time i heard it.
When i heard she p*****ed away, I cried like a family member had just p*****ed.
R.I.P. U R MISSED BY ALL.
ANOPENMIND
8/30/09, 03:58:am
This phrase of one of Aaliya’s Song Try Again keep me going many days…..I miss her very much and she was such an inspiration..
And if at first you don”t succeed
Then dust yourself off and try again
You can dust it off and try again, try again
Cause if at first you don”t succeed
You can dust it off and try again
Dust yourself off and try again, try again (and again)
ANTHONY DEVINE
8/30/09, 13:23:pm
AALIYAH = MOST HIGH EXALTED YAHWEH,THE NAME THE HEBREWS OF ETHIOPIA REFER TO THE CREATOR.THE SISTER WAS INDEED BLESSED , ALL JUST TO TURN IT INTO A CURSE. SHE COMMITTED BLASPHEMY IN THE MOVIE THE MOVIE “QUEEN OF THE DAMNED”,PLAYING QUEEN OF THE VAMPIRE/DEVILS BY TAKING THE NAME “KASHIA” ,WHICH IS THE NAME TAKEN FROM THE AKASHIC RECORDS OF ANCIENT EGYPT (ORIGINAL HOLY LAND).THE NAME OF THE UNIVERSE IS CALLED AKASIAH ( HOUSE OF YAHWEH,THE CREATOR GOD/GODDESS).AALIYAH=7 LETTERS – SHE WAS IN THE MOVIE INDUSTRY FOR 7 YEARS – SHE WAS BORN ON THE 16TH. (1+6=7) AND SHE ASCENDED ON THE 25TH.(2+5=7) IN THE 9TH. MTH. (9+7=16=7 )…..THE PRINCE OF THE GODS/GODDESSES
ANTHONY DEVINE
8/30/09, 13:37:pm
THE MOVIE ” GREEN MILE ” IS BASED ON CHRIST SYMBOLISM . WILL SMITH’S MOVIE “HAN*****” IS BASED ON HERU THE CHRISTCHILD SYMBOLLIGY.THE LATEST HARRY POTTER’S MOVIE “KILL SIRIUS BLACK” IS THE HIDDEN MESSAGE OF KILLING “OSIRIS”/ASARIYAH ,THE SO-CALLED BLACKS WHO ARE THE GREAT DESCENDENTS OF ANCIENT EGYPT/ETHIOPIYAH.THE STAR SIRIUS/OSIRIS IN THE CONSTELLATION OF ORION,IS THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE UNIVERSE.THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE BLACK GODS/GODDESSES WHO BUILT THE UNIVERSE AND MAPPED OUT THE 88 CONSTELLATIONS IN STELLAR KNOSIS…PRINCE OF THE GODS/GODDESSES
ANTHONY DEVINE
8/30/09, 13:51:pm
IN THE MOVIE “MOBY *****” THE WHITE WHALE SYMBOLIZES WHITE SURPREMACY. IT WAS THE WHITE WHALE THAT WAS CAUSING ALL THE HELL IN THE OCEAN. THE OCEAN SYMBOLIZES THE OCEAN OF LIFE/PEOPLE. THE CAPITAN OF THE SHIP WAS BENT ON DESTROYING IT, BECAUSE HE KNEW IN DESTROYING IT, IT WOULD BRING PEACE. WHITE SURPREMACY IS MENTAL, NOW YOU MAY UNDERSTAND THE CURSE OF BLACK ON BLACK CRIME, BECAUSE YOU ARE THE NEW WHITE SURPREMACIST OF THE MIND…PRINCE OF THE GODS/GODDESSES
ANTHONY DEVINE
8/30/09, 14:02:pm
KING JAYAVARMIN IIV, THE BLACK KING AND BUILDER OF ANGKOR THOM, THE CAPITOL CITY OF ANGKOR WAT IN THAILAND/SIAM(BLACK. IN THE TEMPLE OF ANGKOR WAT, WRITTEN ON THE WALLS, IT DETAILS THE HISTORY OF SLAVERY IN AMERICA. ANGKOR WAT/ANGKOR THOM IS A SACRED TEMPLE, IT IS THE SIZE OF 2 MANHATTANS DEDICATED TO THE BLACK GOD SHIVA/VISHNU(OSIRIS-HERU. ALSO THE LARGEST STATUE ON THE PLANET OF THE BLACK GOD(70 FEET TALL), NOT FOUND IN AFRICA BUT IN SOUTH EAST ASIA…PRINCE OF THE GOD OF LIGHT
Aaliyah 1979-2001
9/6/09, 01:38:am
@ Anthony Devine what you just said had NOTHING TO DO with why Bossip made this thread. I agree with someone earlier who wrote that it was real crazy of them to insinuate she was a “jump off” of Damon and Jay Z and then to go on and say they miss her. I mean bossip seriously..wtf type of ***** is that? But I don’t get why people called her a “*****” and all this and that because of what happened with her and R Kelly in 1994. It’s like people are stuck back in that era. She p*****ed away in 2001. This is 2009. There has been 15 years to elapse from ‘94 to ‘09 and they both moved on and became very successful in their careers regardless of that rumor that still “haunted” them.
Aaliyah DID NOT commit blasphemy. If that’s the case then the other actors/actresses and rappers that have played villains in movies before her commited the same crime. But when she p*****ed God doesn’t look at what others are DOWN HERE saying negatively about her. God seen the good in her. He called her back home for a special reason. He needed her to help him out up there and that’s just what she’s doing. She came here for a short time, blesses us with music and movies and left behind a saddening void in the R&B world.
She’s still relevant to this day. Play “IF your girl only knew, one in a million, hot like fire, back and forth, at your best, journey to the past, the one i gave my heart to, rock the boat” ANY of her songs and they still sound like they came out yesterday.
RIP Babygirl.
hyt
9/6/09, 22:19:pm
shes dead seriously she aint never commin back so stop makin all these dume comments like she can really hear u d………..
Aaliyah 1979-2001
9/8/09, 10:47:am
It doesn’t matter if she is deceased, the fact is Aaliyah gained more haters in death than she did alive. And people always are so quick to bash her when they hear her name. Talking about “oh she couldn’t sing. She was ugly. A *****, w*****.” All this bull*****. Steadily trying to tear her career down to nothing, just because she made something out of her self, being the young age she was. And a lot of people on here and wherever else there is an Aaliyah post are so quick to bring up what happened with her and R Kelly in ‘94 that they just completely ignore the GOOD she did while she was alive. I don’t get it. That whole R Kelly thing is 15 yrs old, why can’t they let it be buried and let her soul rest? Why can’t people remember the good that she did, and the GOOD THINGS she did accomplish while still here? Why do they reflect on the negativity? Aaliyah WASN’T PERFECT, SHE WAS HUMAN but she did exceptionally well to only be 22. Everytime somebody posts a memorial for her on her death date, people are so quick to say “Oh well she married R Kelly at 15. She was a ho..etc etc.” It’s sickening.
They did/and are still kind of doing the same with Michael Jackson. He wasn’t no saint either, neither was Aaliyah but they did do some pretty good things musically and branched out to other things. That’s why I’m saying good about her.
MissOfficial
9/10/09, 20:39:pm
Damn Aaliyah got hella haters….. for one the queen of the damned thing is just plain ol ignorant…. its a *****n movie and she was a *****n actress *****n retards… i guess u sayin that about all actors/actresses then………..
and as far as OVERRATED ….. AALIYAH WAS VERY ‘UNDERRATED’ ACTUALLY….. and as far as record sales how she wasn’t big b4 she died thats how i know yal haters both Back & Forth and At Your Best went GOLD on top of that the album was certified DOUBLE PLATINUM (like around 2.5 million sold in the U.S. alone) on top of selling more millions world wide i thing like 6 close to 7 million…… If Your Girl Only Knew that single by itself was certified ‘DOUBLE PLATINUM’ One In A Million ‘PLATINUM’ and The One I Gave My Heart To ‘GOLD’….. on top of that the album itself sold over 2.7 million copies in the U.S. alone and millions more worldwide… not sure about that one some sources say 8 and some sources say 11 million worldwide so im not sure about that one, which ever one it is thats still hella….Are You That Somebody … MULTIPLATINUM single by itself and was also the reason the dr. doolittle soundtrack was certified double platinum cuz what utha single u remember from that soundtrack ….EXACTLY…. Try Again another MULTIPLATINUM single which help the romeo must die soundtrack sell 2 million in the U.S. and over 5 million worldwide…..and for those who dont she died six weeks after she released the AALIYAH album and it had already sold over 700,000 copies in the U.S. and over a MILLION copies worldwide in the 5th week sold, so how was her album not selling b4 she died…SEE LEARN YA FACTS HATERS…..
oh yeah she wasn’t a big star (BEING SARCASTIC) BUT ….. HER STAR POWER WAS BIG ENUFF IT HELPED MAKE ROMEO MUST DIE $100 MILLION DOLLARS IN THE WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE *****ES (FIRST MOVIE (DON’T HATE))…. SHE WAS GON BE IN THE MATRIX 2 & 3, HONEY, THE REMAKE OF ‘CULT CL*****IC’ SPARKLE WITH ‘WHITNEY HOUSTON AND HER PRODUCTION TEAM’, SOME KIND OF BLUE WHICH SHE WAS GOING TO PLAY THE DAUGHTER OF A BLUES SINGER WHO GETS INTO A INTERRACIAL RELEATIONSHIP BACK IN THE OLD DAYS… AND ALSO A FEW OTHER ROLES SHE WAS CONSIDERING…. “HOW WAS SHE NOT A HUGE STAR” THEY WASN’T JUST CASTING ANYBODY FOR THESE ROLES WHEN SHE WAS AROUND LIKE THEY DO NOW U HAD TO REALLY HAVE THE TALENT AND OBVIOUSLY SHE DID…. I PUT MONEY BEYONCE CUDNT PLAY THOSE ROLES LIKE AALIYAH WUD HAVE…..
OH YEAH ‘HATERS’ ….. ALL THIS ALREADY AT 22 YEARS OLD …….EAZY… *****TN ALL OVER BEYONCE…..SORRY HATERZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!!
Mesha803
9/27/09, 22:46:pm
THANK U MISSOFFICIAL!! HALF OF THESE DUMB*****ES ON THIS SITE NEEDED TO HEAR THAT. BUT HALF OF THEM R SO STUPID THEY PROB STILL WLDNT UNDERSTAND. IF U DONT HAVE SOMETHN GOOD TO SAY ABOUT R&B’S PRINCESS….SHUT THE ***** UP!! THIS IS A MEMORIAL! HAVE SUM *****IN RESPECT! YEAH BEYONCE DOIN HER THING…SO WHAT!! THIS AINT ABOUT HER! AALIYAH STILL DID MORE N HER SHORT LIFE THAN YAL SORRY *****ES EVER WILL!! SO WITH THAT BEING SAID..RIP AALIYAH!! I LOVE U AND UR MUSIC STILL!! MAY U REST IN PEACE BABYGIRL!! HOPE TO SEE U WHEN I GET THERE!
ฟังเพลงใหม่
11/1/09, 06:46:am
Women are very beautiful and lovely
rodt3
12/8/09, 14:00:pm
Slow news day wtf bossip…
Yolanda
2/7/10, 00:06:am
aaliyah is still one of my all time favorite artists. i remember being a young teen around that time and thinking she just had the coolest, laid back vibe ever. i wished i could dance like she did, i wanted her hairstyles. besides tupac and michael jackson, word of aaliyah’s death first shocked me, and then brought me to tears. it was just so unexpected. i even remember where i was. (in the army at AIT, shortly before 9/11 – was too much information while in training. first aaliyah dies, now I got to deploy…DAMN!) anyway, i’ll always feel like we lost her too soon and too young, but everything has a way of being the thing that’s supposed to happen for whatever mysterious reasons that they happen, one day we may find out. i beleive that her essence is somewhere else, where it was supposed to be at the time it was supposed to be when it left her physical body that day. we haven’t lost her, she lives on through her music, and she has just moved on to her next journey.