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Alia: Even 20 years after his death, we wonder what could have happened?

August 25, 2021
Henry Club

The singer and actress was 22 when the plane she was traveling in crashed shortly after takeoff from the Bahamas on August 25, 2001, killing her and eight others on board.

The fascination for Alia and her music hasn’t waned in the two decades since the world has tragically lost her.

“She was a mystery when she was here and she’s a mystery in her absence,” said new book author Cathy Andoli “Baby Girl: Better Known As Aaliyah.” “Now that’s an even bigger mystery and people love a mystery.”

In some ways, Aaliyah is now more famous than she was before her death.

At the time, she was a multiplatinum recording artist who began her acting career. He starred in the 2000 action film “Romeo Must Die” and was scheduled for a role in one of “The Matrix” sequels.

We will never know what heights he would have achieved.

Now what’s left is his music, Within her family there seems to be a battle over her legacy. and singer R. Describing his relationship with Kelly Sued on federal charges of anti-sex trafficking law, Mann Act violations and racketeering. (Kelly has pleaded not guilty to all charges.)
According to trial testimony, the pair got married at the age of 15 using a fake ID for the teenager. The Chicago-Sun Times reported That marriage was canceled the next year when Alia’s family came to know about it.

But for those who admire Alia, Wednesday is all about celebrating the woman who is known as the “baby girl” to friends, family and her audience.

Her tragic death, hours after she finished filming the music video for her single “Rock the Boat”, in which she swims in the ocean like an ethereal angel, left fans sad.

For some people, that sorrow continues even today.

“She was having her own point and she was getting bigger and bigger at the time of her loss,” TLC Group’s Tion “T-Boz” Watkins recently told CNN of her fellow cast member. “She had some swag, she had a fan base and she touched people too. So she missed out.”

Alia cuts like TLC path in fashion With her baggy jeans and style of dress.
Producer Craig A. King, who worked on Aaliyah’s very successful sophomore album “One in a Million,” told CNN that the singer is in complete control of her image and her art. He attributes his constant appeal to his talent and “curiosity about his potential”.

“What could that be,” he said. “The fact that she brought so much style and flair and flavor to hip hop and R&B, then the fact that she was able to move between those worlds seamlessly.”

Considering how many artists have tried to emulate Alia, often without giving her due credit, King said, she is not surprised that a new generation of fans have turned to her music and raved about the singer. want to know more.

“She was extremely relatable and I think that’s what this next generation is identifying with, relativity,” he said. “That kind of tough girl, sweet girl mix.”

Writer Iandoli said the singer deserves praise given her impact on the industry and ability to comfortably mix musical styles.

“You have something like trap soul now, or trap R&B, or even rappers who just sing to hip hop and electronic beats,” Indoli said. “It all started with Alia.”

Iandoli mentioned how outspoken rapper Drake has been about Aaliyah’s inspiration (he also sampled her music and wrote her a letter in 2010 in honor of the anniversary of her death) as proof of how influential she remains.

He said that this is the part that inspired him to write his book.

“I felt like the world needed a book that details her beginnings and 20 years after that she’s still a force to be reckoned with,” Indoli said.

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