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Music by Aaliyah, shown here in 2001, is now available on streaming services. Aaliyah’s music is now available on digital streaming platforms following a contentious dispute between her original record label and her estate, with the star’s self-titled third album released Friday. Revived in August from its original incarnation, Blackground Records 2.0 — a label founded by Aaliyah’s cousin Jomo …

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NEW YORK — One of R. Kelly’s accusers testified on Wednesday that he kept a gun by his side while he berated her as a prelude to forcing her to give him oral sex in a Los Angeles music studio. “He had a weapon, so I wasn’t going to step out of line,” the witness said while recounting the 2018 …

20 years after her death, Aaliyah is still a mystery. But her music stands the test of time

“Baby Girl: Better Known as Aaliyah,” by Kathy Iandoli R&B singer Aaliyah is best known for two events that bookended her career: becoming involved with infamous singer R. Kelly as a teen, and the tragic plane crash that ended her life at age 22, just days before 9/11. “Baby Girl: Better Known as Aaliyah,” by veteran music journalist Kathy Iandoli, …

When R&B singer Aaliyah perished in a 2001 Bahamas plane crash at the age of 22, it was a tragedy: The world lost an artist who’d monumentally shifted the soundscape of American music, and had the potential to achieve even more. However, as Blackground gradually detailed the planned rerelease of her catalogue, Aaliyah’s estate released multiple statements, calling this an …

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