Aaliyah has been physically gone for 20 years, but her name continually pops up in headlines. On Wednesday (August 4), rumors the R&B legend had been given a sleeping pill and carried onto the plane unconscious prior to the fatal crash made international headlines. The information allegedly came from a source included in the forthcoming book, Baby Girl: Better Known As Aaliyah.
While author Kathy Iandoli disputes this as “fact,” according to Rolling Stone, Aaliyah’s family is speaking out. Shortly after the Daily Beast posted the initial article, the family issued a statement to Aaliyah’s official Instagram account.
“Protecting Aaliyah’s legacy is, and will always be, our focus,” it began. “For 20 years we have battled behind the scenes, enduring shadowy tactics of deception with unauthorized projects targeted to tarnish. We have always been confused as to why there is such a tenacity in causing more pain alongside what we already have to cope with for the rest of our lives.”
The statement continued, “Now, in this 20th year, this unscrupulous endeavor to release Aaliyah’s music without any transparency or full accounting to the estate compels our hearts to express a word – forgiveness. Although we will continue to defend ourselves and her legacy lawfully and justly, we want to preempt the inevitable attacks on our character by all the individuals who have emerged from the shadows to leech off of Aaliyah’s life’s work.
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“Ultimately, we desire closure and a modicum of peace so we can facilitate the growth of the Aaliyah Memorial Fund and other creative projects that embody Aaliyah’s true essence, which is to inspire strength and positivity for people of all creeds, races and cultures around the world.”
On Thursday (August 5), Blackground Records announced they’d inked a deal with EMPIRE to begin releasing Aaliyah’s catalog — which includes albums such as 1994’s Age Ain’t Nuthin’ But A Number — beginning on August 20. See the full release schedule here.
Her first album was called “age ain’t nothing but a number”??… you KNOW that was R Kelly’s idea smh
You can see him lurking on the album cover too.
yup n if not for him no one would of ever heard of her but least she still be alive i suppose
Not rollin, they did the same to JoJo and her albums. If they really wanted to preserve her legacy then they would have her music available to those who have not had the chance to hear it. Sounds like a big ego is at play. RIP to Baby Girl always.
Her family has an arrogance about Aaliyah that she didn’t have when she was alive. SHe was a star with superstar potential but her family wants her to be seen in a Beyoncé like manner when the truth Is she wasn’t there yet because her life was cut short. We had love for Aaliyah and everyone saw her talent. Her family has done more harm than good to her legacy.
no actual that not true Russian boy
she’s not arrogant she still has confidence and a resume and education and her seeds or clone are ready to work for her again
it only took you twenty years to forgive not twenty minutes. taking this moral highground. Geez some people are so fucked up. enjoy your millions of dollars or will people like you not do so due to your enlightened posturing. FFS. Rip aaliyah.
I assumed just about anything on youtube was available for streaming. I never streamed and probably never will as long as mp3s are available and cars have USB ports.
Were you trying to protect her when you allowed her to marry R. Kelly? Good thing is you were only allowed to sell her out once!
Actually, it was annulled after they found out.
R Kelly bribed someone to give her a fake ID so he could marry her.
Her parents actually knew nothing about the marriage to R. Kelly in other words they eloped. Aaliyah faked the age on her marriage certificate and later tried to get any evidence of her and R. kelly getting married removed due to her needing parental consent.
um everyone who cares about her has it downloaded on a sdcard, streamings for weirdos that support weirdos none of its close to original nomore
I have a new label for Aaliyah at Interscope
another possibility is the ink