Aaliyah: Princess of R&B, the Lifetime channel’s biopic on the late R&B singer, will be premiere on the network November 15, according to a tweet from the channel’s verified twitter account.
Alexander Shipp will portray the singer, who died in a plane crash in 2001.
Chattrisse Dolabaille and Izaak Smith are slated to portray Missy Elliott and Timbaland, respectively.
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The film, which is also set to cover the singer’s marriage to R. Kelly, is reportedly based on Christopher Farley’s book Aaliyah: More Than A Woman.
Lifetime’s tweet about Aaliyah: Princess of R&B is as follows:
She was the princess of R&B and now her story is being told. #AaliyahMovie premieres Saturday, November 15. pic.twitter.com/uLOw8BMHlz
— Lifetime (@lifetimetv) September 18, 2014
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