An amazing soprano, Aaliyah was born in Brooklyn, New York to Diane and Michael Haughton. Her parents fostered her desire to sing, and enrolled her in various programs and talent searches; including an appearance on Star Search in 1988. She signed her first record deal at the age of twelve, and two years later she released her first album Age Ain't Nothing but a Number. The album peaked at number 18 on the Billboard 200 and sold over three million copies in the United States. She would go on to release two more albums, star in two films and won twelve awards; including the 2000 Best Female Artist award for her song “Try Again.”
Her career was cut short in August of 2001, when she died in a tragic plane crash with eight other people after filming a video in The Bahamas. Despite her short career, she is still considered one of the best recording artists of the 1990s, and one of the top R&B artists of our time. I personally consider it an honor to have enjoyed her beautiful voice throughout my youth.
“As we watch this vision of an angel, we will remember her spirit flying free along with the eight others who were with her. They soar together with out eternal love.”
Rest in peace angel
Today is also the fourteenth anniversary where the beloved son of Bill Cosby died at the hands of Mikhail Markhasev. He wanted to teach kids who were afflicted with dyslexia like himself. He would have been 41 today.
