Drake’s gone from being arguably one of hip-hop’s corniest artists to its most poetic.
The Music World is celebrating the life of Aaliyah on the ninth anniversary of the singer/actress’ tragic death in a plane crash on Aug. 25, 2001.
What is the meaning of this?
Superproducer The-Dream has released a critically-panned cover of Aaliyah’s 1996 slow jam, “One in a Million.”
The song released on his upcoming mixtape, “Love Sessions,” has music fan frowning all over the blogosphere — and Mr. Christina Milian just can’t understand what all the fuss is about. In fact, the singer took the time to Tweet a response to all the “haters….”
“No one will ever [sing] Aaliyah’s ‘One in a Million’ like she did! Deff not me lol,” he wrote. “I did it because I [really] miss her still and it was out of respect! Ito her I’m still just a fan not a writer not an artist a Fan! Calm down the worlds not over. But [at least] y’all will remember how dope she was and still is to this day!”
Uh-huh….Next time, leave the singing to the songbirds, Terius!
The famous falling out between former Roc-A-Fella bosses Jay-Z and Dame Dash was sparked by the men’s love for late R&B beauty Aaliyah, according to producer/director Choke No Joke. Read the rest of this entry »
Canadian R&B star Keisha Chante has reportedly been cast to portray Aaliyah in an upcoming biopic about the late songbird.
During her career, Aaliyah sold 32 million albums worldwide and was nominated for five Grammys.
The biopic is slated to open in theaters in 2009.
