![]() ![]() ![]() Aaliyah and her crew, all US citizens, were leaving Marsh Harbour in the northern Bahamas after shooting a music video when the twin-engine Cessna crashed. Aaliyah's body was flown back to the United States on Tuesday as safety experts examined the debris of the crashed plane. However when the rapper was murdered in an LA drive-by shooting in 1997, the song appeared to be an eery prediction of the tragic event. I want a man, children - a happy family." A private funeral will be held in Manhattan. It was about flying, the feeling of freedom and weightlessness - and about the. Aaliyah Dana Haughton died 20 years ago today, when a small plane carrying the singer and eight others crashed en route to Miami from a video shoot in the Bahamas. If you believe in the spiritual realm, the thought of Aaliyah foreshadowing her own death does. A few weeks before she died, singer and actress Aaliyah described a dream. "It's the only way I can explain my fascination." Her ideal mate was a masculine man, "strong like an Egyptian warrior," she said. Before Aaliyah died, she described a recurring dream she had that now sounds like a bad omen. She said she was fascinated with the culture of Egypt and planned to take a break from her career to study Egyptology. Asked to discuss her dreams, she talked frankly about her goals and wishes. It's a wonderful feeling." The interview, in a Paris hotel, was one of the last given by the 22-year-old star, who died with eight others when her plane crashed after takeoff on Saturday in the Bahamas. How do I feel? As if I am swimming in the air. I'm scared," she said in an interview with German weekly Die Zeit, which was released yesterday. In tentative testimony, Smith-who was subpoenaed to take the stand in exchange for immunity-said he flew with Kelly from Orlando to Chicago after Kelly claimed Aaliyah was “in trouble.” Smith himself said he never believed Aaliyah was actually pregnant.The month before she died in a plane crash, singer Aaliyah said she had a recurring dream that she was flying away from her problems. (The marriage was later annulled.) According to Smith, Kelly believed Aaliyah was pregnant and that becoming her spouse would grant him authority to sign off on her abortion as a minor. Former tour manager Demetrius Smith told the court on Friday and Monday that he helped Kelly bribe an Illinois government employee to obtain a fake welfare ID for 15-year-old Aaliyah, falsifying her as legally of age to marry 27-year-old Kelly in 1994. The anniversary of Aaliyah’s death coincides with disturbing new testimony at Kelly’s federal sex trafficking trial in New York, in which Aaliyah is posthumously named as a Jane Doe. Kelly’s allegedly abusive and/or illegal relationships as well. Though she came in second, receiving three and one-quarter stars from the shows panel of judges, it goes without saying that Aaliyahs future was bright despite her loss. She is often cited as the most prominent example of R. The month before she died in a plane crash, singer Aaliyah said she had a recurring dream that she was flying away from her problems. Aaliyah performed 'My Funny Valentine' wearing a 90s dream outfit: white bolero jacket over a black dress with a white ruffle skirt. (The cooing baby sound effect on “Are You That Somebody?” must be one of the signature sounds of my ’90s teenhood.) Aaliyah was also an actress she landed roles in Romeo Must Die and The Queen of the Damned and was cast in a Matrix sequel she never got to film. She was 22 years old and already the reigning “princess of R&B,” credited with helping to popularize modern hip-hop and influencing a generation of TRL artists with her staccato, Timbaland- and Missy Elliott–produced beats. Aaliyah Dana Haughton died 20 years ago today, when a small plane carrying the singer and eight others crashed en route to Miami from a video shoot in the Bahamas. When I heard that Aaliyah had died in a plane crash, I felt like a knife left a wound in my heart for life.
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