Aaliyah

Aaliyah, Nine years ago today, the singer and actress Aaliyah died in a plane crash in the Bahamas.

I had the opportunity to interview her before she died, and not a year has passed since his death that I have wondered where his career would be if she had survived.

Aaliyah always seemed to run ahead of the trends. His music was a groundbreaking union of soul vocals and hip-hop rhythms, their clothing was always fashion forward, and even his final film role was a pioneer, played the title role in “The Queen of the Damned” years before vampire chic bomber. His career helped inspire innovative artists who would follow. Alicia Keys, once told me that “Aaliyah inspired me to pursue a music career.”

“The Queen of the Damned” was criticized by most critics, but I thought Aaliyah made a convincing vampire. We will never know what else could have done herself.

Here’s a video to mark the day.