(In 2017, he was accused of keeping young women in an "abusive" cult run out of his home.)īy 17, Aaliyah switched record labels and worked with Timbaland and Missy Elliott, two producers who were reportedly nervous to meet the young R&B starlet since they were "just starting out." That same year, she illegally married R&B star R. At 14, she recorded Age Ain't Nothing But a Number, a sultry album for Jive Records that went double platinum, selling 3 million copies worldwide. Keeping Aaliyah's music off the biggest streaming services isn't just a matter of legacy or even convenience-it's about connecting young people to a pop star who inspired millions.Īt 12 years old, Aaliyah Haughton was a Brooklyn girl with a perfect 4.0 GPA at her performing arts high school. In 2017, a hacker uploaded her posthumous album, Aaliyah, to iTunes for the first time, including some of her greatest hits: "One in a Million," "Try Again," and "Are You That Somebody." Within 24 hours, the tracks were gone.Īs Complex's Stephen Witt points out, the only Aaliyah album available online is her first, "the one that Hankerson doesn't control the masters for, and the one where she sings lyrics penned by the suspected pedophile she was fraudulently married to. But fans hoping to celebrate her birthday by streaming her music on Spotify, Google Play, or Apple Music are out of luck.Īaliyah's uncle, producer Barry Hankerson, has her discography on lockdown, according to a report published by Complex in 2016. It has been 17 years since R&B superstar Aaliyah died in a plane crash, and if today she would have turned 39.
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