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hey i wont be their for Aaliyah's B.day because school started 2day, but i will be their later this month....i got her a gift already i've always had constant questions about why she had to past away and when i came across this painting i knew it was a perfect gift for her. go to the following link to take a look http://www.theidealist.com/gallery_01.html i also got the artist to sign it personally for her..
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Aaliyah was born in Bedford-Stuyvesant, a neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City, New York to Michael and Diane Haughton, and was raised in Detroit, Michigan. Her name means "Highest, Most Exalted, The Best" in Arabic language. Aaliyah was brought up as a Catholic with her older brother Rashad Haughton. Her grandmother, Mintis L. Hicks Hankerson, was of African American and Native American descent. Diane Haughton, Aaliyah's mother, also a vocalist, encouraged her daughter's career.She appeared on the TV talent show Star Search at age ten, singing her mother's favorite song, "My Funny Valentine". Although she did not win, Aaliyah worked with an agent in New York and began to attend auditions for TV shows, including "Family Matters".Following her appearance on Star Search Aaliyah performed on stage in Las Vegas, Nevada with Gladys Knight. In her early teens, Aaliyah attended the Detroit High School for the Fine and Performing Arts, and graduated as a Dance major with a 4.0 GPA.On August 25, 2001, at 6:49 pm (EST), just after wrapping up filming of the "Rock The Boat" video, Aaliyah and various members of her record company boarded a twin engine Cessna 402B (N8097W) at Marsh Harbour, Abaco Island, Bahamas to travel to Opa-locka Airport near Miami, Florida. The crew had another flight scheduled 3 days ahead, but wrapping for the video ended early. The plane crashed shortly after takeoff about 200 feet (70 m) from the runway. Pilot Luis Morales III and all eight passengers, including Aaliyah, were killed in the aviation accident. According to findings from an inquest conducted by the coroners office in the Bahamas, Aaliyah suffered from "severe burns and a blow to the head," in addition to severe shock. The coroner theorized that, even if Aaliyah had survived the crash, her recovery would have been virtually impossible given the severity of her injuriesAaliyah's funeral was held on August 31 at Saint Ignatius Loyola Roman Catholic Church in Manhattan, NYC. She is interred in the Rosewood Mausoleum at Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York.Header Banner Made with MyBannerMaker.com! Click here to make your own!

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I CANT BELIEVE THIS YOU WERE SO TALENTED AND THIS IS A HUGE LOST. I MEET HIM ON DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AND THE LAST TIME I SPOKE TO HIM WAS ON FRIDAY 2/22 IN ATLANTA, G.A. AND HE WAS TELLING ME HOW HE WASN'T FEELING GOOD, AND I GOT NEWS THAT HE PAST AWAY ON MONDAY 2/25. MY HE REST IN PEACE. NOW HIS WITH HIS PROTEGEE AALIYAH. WE MISS YOU MAN, MAY GOD BLESS YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR FRIENDS AT THIS TIME OF GRIEF.

Music:

Aaliyah signed with her uncle Barry Hankerson's Blackground Records label in 1993 at the age of 14. She released her debut album, titled Age Ain't Nothing but a Number, in 1994 at the age of 15. R. Kelly, was a leading songwriter and producer on her debut album. The album displayed her smooth and velvety vocals and the production work was said to be original and innovative. The album went platinum within months. The album featured the gold-selling singles "Back and Forth", "At Your Best," "Down With The Clique," and the album-title single "Age Ain't Nothing But A Number." One In A Million, Aaliyah's second album, was chiefly written and produced by then-unknowns Missy Elliott and Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley. One in a Million was released on August 27, 1996 when Aaliyah was 17 years of age. The album became a landmark in Aaliyah's career, garnering her mass critical acclaim. The album was certified double-platinum within a year, making Aaliyah a major R&B and igniting the successful careers of Missy Elliott and Timbaland. One in a Million featured the international smash hits; "If Your Girl Only Knew", "One In A Million", "Got to Give It Up", "4 Page Letter", "Hot Like Fire", and "The One I Gave My Heart To".To date, One in a Million has sold over 3.7 million copies in the U.S. and over 11 million worldwide. "We Need a Resolution," the first single from Aaliyah's third studio album, was released April 24, 2001 (see 2001 in music). The self-titled Aaliyah was released three months later on July 17, 2001. The album was an instant critical success. Aaliyah introduced a darker and edgier side to Aaliyah's music and was noted as having showcased her growth as an artist. Around the time of the album's recording and release she had been filming Queen of the Damned, which helped her show a dark and edgy side as her character was a deadly villain. The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 186,000 copies in its first week, and was certified gold (526,000 copies sold) within four weeks before her death. Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails was to produce a song on the album but scheduling conflicts did not permit the collaboration. I Care 4 U is the fourth and final single from the album. There was no shortage of confusion at the label regarding the next single from the Aaliyah album. Aaliyah had been promoting "More Than a Woman", having performed it twice and shooting a video with director Dave Meyers in the summer of 2001. According to Blackground, a remix featuring State Property and Jay-Z was also planned, but was scrapped due to her death. The video was to be released but "Rock the Boat" began receiving huge amounts of radio-play, so she was immediately sent to the Bahamas to shoot the video. The "Rock the Boat" music video was put in the 106 & Park: BET's Top 10 Live hall of fame, making the countdown over 65 times and landed in second place on BET's Top 100 videos of 2001. The album went on to sell over 8 million copies worldwide.I Care 4 U was released on December 10, 2002. Along with her hit singles, a number of previously unreleased tracks were included on the album, including "Erica Kane", "Don't Worry" and "All I Need" and the new singles "Miss You", "Don't Know What to Tell Ya", and "Come Over." I Care 4 U debuted at an impressive #3 on the Billboard 200 and #1 on the R&B album charts (where it remained for 7 weeks). The album went on to sell over 2.6 million in the U.S. and 5 million worldwide. The video for "Miss You" features Missy Elliott, Toni Braxton, Lil' Kim, Dallas Austin, MTV presenter and close friend Ananda Lewis, actor/singer Jamie Foxx, AJ Calloway, Free, Quddus, Missy's recent protegé and longtime friend Tweet, U-God (of the Wu-Tang Clan) and DMX, Rosario Dawson, among others, paying tribute to Aaliyah. Following her death, her single "Miss You" made it to #1 on the US R&B Charts. The album earned Aaliyah a posthumous Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s).

Movies:

Tough ex-cop Han Sing travels from Hong Kong to America to find justice for his brother, who was murdered in an ongoing battle between Chinese and African-American gangs. Han soon takes his brother's place in the war and becomes entangled in the violence, until he falls in love with Trish, the daughter of the rival gang's leader. Genres: Action/Adventure and Romance Running Time: 1 hr. 55 min. Release Date: March 22, 2000 Nationwide MPAA Rating: R for violence, some language, and brief nudity. U.S. Box Office: $55,973,336Legendary Vampire Lestat has risen from a decades-long slumber, determined to step out into the light. No longer content with being banished to the shadows, moving among mortals who never truly see him for what he is, Lestat has re-invented himself as the closest thing to a god on Earth: a rock star. The intoxicating lure of his music has snaked its way around the globe, ultimately finding the ear of the slumbering ancient Queen Akasha in her crypt beneath the Arctic ice. Mother of all Vampires, Akasha has been resting for centuries, waiting for the right time to rise again and seize dominion over the world. Lestat's music is the revelation she has been waiting for, and she desires that he rule beside her. But can Akasha be stopped? Her malevolent power may be too great for even the most ancient of the immortal Vampires to combat--she created them, and their survival depends on her own. After all, Akasha is used to getting everything she wants... and all she wants is Hell on Earth. Also Known As: The Queen of the Damned The Vampire Chronicles Production Status: Released Genres: Action/Adventure, Romance, Suspense/Horror, Thriller, Adaptation and Sequel Running Time: 1 hr. 41 min. Release Date: February 22, 2002 Nationwide MPAA Rating: R for vampire violence. Distributors: Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution Production Co.: material, Village Roadshow Pictures Entertainment NPV Entertainment DQ Productions Studios: (USA): Warner Bros. Pictures U.S. Box Office: $30,307,804 Filming Locations: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Los Angeles, California, USA Produced in: United StatesIn 2004, The Matrix was released to DVD, inside the special features and documentaries are Tributes and Footage of Aaliyah.Aaliyah had a supporting role as Zee, the wife of Harold Perrineau Jr.'s character, Link, in the two sequels to The Matrix. The directors initially tried to find a way to incorporate her footage into the movies but decided against it due to lack of material available. The role was recast with Nona Gaye playing the character. Other films in which Aaliyah was signed to star in were Honey (which instead was filmed with Jessica Alba as the main character), and a Whitney Houston-produced remake of the 1976 film Sparkle (now in the works with Raven-Symoné as the main character). Aaliyah and one of her agents had also pitched and signed a deal with Fox Searchlight Pictures for her to star in a film based upon a true story about interracial love.

Books:

Aaliyah: more than a woman by Christopher John Farley, Pocket Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York, 2001199 Pages, 11 Color Photographs............Aaliyah: An R&B Princess in Words and Pictures by Kelly Kenyatta, Busta Books, a division of Amber Books, New York, NY 2002115 Pages, 34 Black & White Photographs............Aaliyah Remembered by William Sutherland, Trafford , Victoria, BC, Canada, 2005206 Pages, 17 Black & White Photographs

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Michael Haughton Diane Haughton Rashad Haughton