A talented R&B singer and actress, Aaliyah (pronounced ah-lee-yah) may wind up being best remembered as a rising talent whose life ended before she hit her artistic peak.
Aaliyah Dana Haughton was born in New York on Jan. 16, 1979 and died in a plane crash on Aug. 25, 2001, after taping the video for her song "Rock The Boat" in the Bahamas. Raised in Detroit, Aaliyah's distinctive first name is Arabic for "the highest" or "most exalted." She started performing early on as a peripheral member of Gladys Knight's troupe. But her uncle managed R. Kelly and it was Kelly who produced Age Ain't Nothing But A Number, Aaliyah's coyly-titled debut album.
If you believe the hype that accompanied that album's release, Aaliyah was 15 years old at the...
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