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Tragic Details About Aaliyah
ByEmily Hutchinson
The late superstar Aaliyah Dana Haughton, better known just by her first name, was one of the biggest R&B singers in the world. Affectionately referred to as the Princess of R&B — thanks to her multiple hits that attracted fans to the genre — she got her start on "Star Search" as a child in 1989 when she performed a stunning rendition of "My Funny Valentine." As it turns out, Aaliyah even had musical legends in her family. Soul singer Gladys Knight was her aunt through marriage, as she was the wife of Aaliyah's uncle, Barry Hankerson.
But it wasn't just in the music world where Aaliyah made serious waves and grabbed attention. She's also known for her big-time acting roles, as well as the impact she made on the fashion world both before and after her sad death at the age of just 22. But despite being one of the biggest stars in the world, Aaliyah's short life and the years that followed were unfortunately f
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I’ll give you anything you want from me,
Anything you want anything you need,
Anything your soul desires.
— Aaliyah, “One in a Million”
News of the sudden, indescribably sad death of Aaliyah Diana Houghton has been everywhere since the plane crash on 25 August. The coverage has taken various forms, mostly sympathetic portraits and appreciations of her talent and career, or accounts of the “facts” — the when and where, the names of the eight others on the Cessna 402, the ongoing investigation into causes, the Virgin Records-sponsored commemorative service, Vibe‘s upcoming memorial issue, and the abrupt increase in sales of her last album, Aaliyah, so that it went on to top the charts.
Some publications have run tabloidy headlines, speculating on the cause of the crash, suggesting that the plane carried too much equipment, that the pilot wasn’t okayed to fly this particular plane, or, in language that could only be dreamed
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The Untold Truth Of Aaliyah
Aaliyah was just 14 years old when she recorded her debut album Age Ain't Nothing But a Number, which singer R. Kelly (who was a kind of mentor to the young star) produced and wrote. As evidenced by a marriage certificate that Vibe published, the two tied the knot in Illinois in 1994; Kelly was 27 at the time, while Aaliyah was only 15.
As The Source details, it turned out that Aaliyah had lied about her age at the time of the nuptials, claiming to be 18, and the marriage was annulled just a few months after it took place. The Chicago Sun-Times revealed that in 1997, Aaliyah filed suit to have all records of the marriage expunged, and she subsequently completely cut off contact with Kelly.
As GQ described in a 2016 profile of Kelly (who has been the subject of numerous accusations of sexual assault, abuse, and statutory rape), neither of the two ever publicly admitted to the marriage. Aaliyah told The Chicago Sun-Times, "I don't really com