Princess of R&B??? Are you kidding me???
Before this chick died, almost nobody every heard of her.
And now she is the princess of R&B??? Give me an effing break.
The arrogance of Americans is unbelievable.
that's what you get when Lifetime makes a bio-pic with no one who personally knew her involved
I loved Aaliyah and her music and was a fan before she passed
but I wouldn't consider her a princess of R&B. That's just giving her special treatment because she died and treating her like she meant nothing while she was alive, which to me, is kinda disrespectful
I agree completely.
Don't get me wrong I aknowledge her short lived fame, but that was all it was.
It's not that she made any groundbreaking music or anything. Lol
Short-lived career? She started when she was 13-14yrs old.
And even though I agree she wasn't as "popular" as they make her seem but she was hardly unknown. At the time of her death, not many black rnb artists were able to breakthrough into mainstream. Even back then Beyonce was a nobody who looked up to Aaliyah. Aaliyah was the first one, then broke into mainstream big screen, made it to the pop/top 40 charts etc so she was definitely on her way. She paved the way for all the other black rnb artists.
I didn't say short lived career I said fame.
She wasn't that big of a star upto about 2 years before her death.
two movies that both sucked at the box office.
The one that did well was because of jet-li not because of her.
She is way overrated and did nothing for black artists. That's bull crap.
In the usa she had somewhat a career for a while.
Her dear overhyped her.
Aaliyah was not the first one. Not even close.
Mary J Blige, Brandy, Toni Braxton, Mariah, Faith Evans, Lauryn Hill, Monica... that's just off the top of my head.