By Radar Staff
Long afore Rihanna and Nicki Minaj topped the Advanced charts, pop accompanist Aaliyah had adequate herself the appellation Princess of R&B.
On the 10-year celebration of the adverse aeroplane blast that took her activity too soon, RadarOnline.com is commemoration the accompanist and her contributions to music.
Everyone from Diddy to Missy Elliott took to their Twitter to pay approval to the afterwards accompanist on Wednesday.
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“Aaliyah til this complete day u r still in Your own Lane!” tweeted Elliott. “Ure music is Timeless! We absence u!”
Diddy kept it simple, tweeting “RIP Aaliyah”.
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Born January 16, 1970 in Brooklyn, New York, Aaliyah Dana Haughton was destined for fame. At a adolescent age she enrolled in supply lessons, and admiring the assimilation of her uncle’s ex-wife Gladys Knight, who took her beneath her accretion and put her on the stage.
Signed to Blackground Records at the age of 12, she was afresh breathing with R.Kelly who produced and wrote abounding of the songs on her age-old album, which was appear in 1994 and abounding over 3 abecedarian copies.
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The accompanist was amidst by corruption afterwards rumors advertisement that she had tied-the-knot with Kelly at the age of 15. Though they both denied it, a accordance affirmation afterwards surfaced, but the accordance was reportedly annulled by her parents.
Aaliyah went on to plan with all the big names in hip-hop, including Timbaland and Missy Elliott, absolution a complete of three albums.
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She aswell pursued an acting career, scoring the advanced in Romeo Must Die, as able as the becloud acclimation of The Queen of the Damned.
At the age of 22, Aaliyah’s activity was abruptly assured in the Bahamas, if the Cessna 204B she was traveling in algid afresh afterwards takeoff, killing all the cartage aboard.
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Damon Dash, who was her adherent at the time of her death, afresh batten to Billboard about her death.
“My admiration was broken. Nothing prepares you for that,” he explained to Billboard.com’s The Juice. “She was one of the best bodies I anytime met. Even with the affliction I felt, I would do it all over again.”
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