Aaliyah, remembered. The Princess of R&B died in a plane crash 20 years ago...
This is her story.
This is her story.
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00:00Love all kinds of music and I want to be known as the kind of singer that can do all of that
00:21For those who have met Aaliyah
00:23I know she's touched y'all just because of her spirit the kind of spirit that that she has
00:29When she met people she always left an imprint on them
00:53I
01:02Got my deal at 12. My uncle is head of my label black on he had a joint venture with job
01:09I auditioned for jive and they signed me on the spot. God blessed me and I worked hard and that's how it happened
01:23I
01:30Everybody seems to think that y'all are either girlfriend or boyfriend or cousins. Well, no, we're not related at all
01:36No, and I was just very close as my best friend
01:41In the whole wide world
01:53I
02:24My parents make sure I had everything that a child has I went to parties
02:28I went to my prom
02:29They kept me real when I came home and then I went into my fantasy world when I went out and traveled and did videos
02:34and all of that
02:53I
03:02Everybody wants to know what's the real deal which is our Kelly thing going on? Okay, everybody
03:09Unfortunately, this business people are gonna talk. I'm here. Let all of you know that I am not Mary. I'm not Aaliyah Kelly
03:24I
03:38Wanted the different varieties on the album to showcase that showcase each part each part of my personality
03:53I
04:11Opened a lot of doors for for african-american women young women
04:15And at the time that she came out like I was going through a lot of self-esteem issues and I kind of looked up
04:19To her, you know, she was definitely an inspiration
04:24I
04:36Get beautiful letters from all over the world
04:38So I feel that I've been very blessed because people love my music and that means a lot to me because like I said
04:43I aim to please them. So when I get that kind of love back
04:54I
05:02She's got chart-topping hits she's the star of Romeo must die and please welcome Aaliyah
05:24I
05:25Love music with my heart and I love acting as well
05:28That can get to explore a different side of myself can be very
05:31Thartic in a lot of ways and the same with music so I don't want to abandon one for the other
05:35I want to try to do both as long as I can
05:49It's the same Aaliyah from the first album to the second album to now
05:53but
05:54you know, it's just you feel me as a young adult this time around and
05:59I'm happy about that because you know, I never want to do something that's so totally different that people are confused
06:04You know, they're like, okay. I know who this girl is, you know, so still the artist I loved back in 96, but
06:09She's older now and that's cool
06:22I
06:24I
06:52Her life was her art her life was her work
06:54Her music her acting everything that was most important thing to her talked about to me all the time
06:59I have to be here to carry on that legacy and to keep it intact
07:01Well, I'm here and have the strength to do this because she's giving me that strength
07:25I'm a happy girl, you know, I'm doing what I love
07:28It's there's no feeling like waking up every day doing what you love and what you've dreamed to do since you're a little girl