Singer Aaliyah: Why she is so "alive" 20 years after her death

According to the latest revelations in the book "Baby Girl: Better Known as Aaliyah", written by the music journalist Kathy Iandoli, the singer is said to have been carried on the plane unconsciously.At least that is what a man who was sitting to the airport in her taxi.The then 13-year-old Kingsley Russell, whose family ran a taxi and restaurant industry on the Abaco Islands, was supposed to be there when his stepmother drove the singer team to the airport to start her return flight to the USA and helped as a luggage rack.

Pilot is said to have been under the influence of alcohol and cocaine

According to his statements, the singer is said to have refused to get on the plane after hearing that it would be overweight and instead put herself in the taxi.For this she is said to have received a sleeping pills from her team, which means that she fell into a deep sleep and did not notice anything from the further discussions about the overloaded machine.After all, they are said to have carried them into the Cessna sleeping.

The two -engine machine was less than a minute in the air before it crashed.It was later announced that the pilot was under the influence of alcohol and cocaine.The 30-year-old had only been sentenced to probation twelve days before the accident for the possession of crack and cocaine.During the investigations on the causes of the crash, it also turned out that the Cessna 402-B was not properly maintained.

Aaliyah was in the spotlight for the first time at the age of ten

Zum Zeitpunkt ihres Todes war Aaliyah gerade für zwei Grammys als beste R&B-Sängerin nominiert.Her death was the tragic end of a career until then steeply upwards.The singer, born in Brookly and grew up in Detroit, who was called Aaliyah Dana Haighton with a bourgeois name, was in the spotlight for the first time after she performed at Star Search at the age of ten.At the age of eleven, she gave a concert together with the soul singer Gladys Knight in Las Vegas.In 1993 she signed a record contract, so she was just 14.A year earlier she learned R.Kelly, with whom she worked together on her debut album "Age ain't Nothing but a Number" in 1994.The album sold three million times and was awarded a double platinum.

Her second album "One in A Million" sold eight million times worldwide.The single "Try Again" from this album brought her a grammy nomination.Then she started acting, first played in the film "Romeo Must" for which she also sang on the soundtrack, and then in the vampire film "Queen of the Damned".Her third and last album, the "Aaliya" h, was published in July 2001 - a month before she died.

R.Kelly married the 15-year-old Aaliyah

Trotz des großen Altersunterschiedes ging ihre Beziehung zu R&B-Musiker R.Kelly quickly beyond professional cooperation.In 1994 the two are said to have married, when the singer was 15 years old, r.Kelly 27 years old.The public did not notice any of this.It was only 20 years after the death of the singer that more and more details come to light.And these play in the trial against R.Kelly a very special role.

The singer in New York is currently in court for organized crime, blackmail and sexual exploitation of a child.The marriage to Aaliyah is also the subject of the negotiation.Last week, a former tour manager said that the musician had spent the then 15-year-old Aaliyah as of legal age and married because he thought she was pregnant.According to US media reports, the manager said that he had bribed an official with money from Kelly.This was supposed to falsify identification papers so that the 27-year-old singer could marry the youngsters after he had learned about the presumed pregnancy of the 15-year-old.On the marriage certificate from Illinois, Aaliyah's age is given at the age of 18.In the US state, sex with minors is illegal.

But the dead Aaliyah is currently being brought back to life in the courtroom.To 20.Her second album "One in A Million" was also transferred to streaming services for the first time and is also available for download.It is the first of several Aaliyah albums that will appear on streaming platforms in the coming months.Before that, only her debut album Age Ain't Nothing But a Number from 1994 was available as a stream.Aaliyah's uncle, Barry Hankerson, had a few days ago on the Instagram account of his record label Blackground Records 2.0 said: "Many thanks to all of your many fans who keep their music alive.I'm sorry that it took so long, but if you lose a family member so unexpectedly, you need time to process this kind of grief.I decided to publish Aaliyah's music to keep her legacy alive ".

Sources: Instagram, Daily Mail, Rolling Stone, Hollywood reporter, dpa