Happy Birthday BabyGirl

Aaliyah Dana Haughton (01/16/79-08/25/01). She would be 29 years old today.

1994, I started wearing my clothes like her. I was street but sweet (hood chic). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYfI6JvW6Yk&feature=related

1996, I changed my hair to look just like hers (covering my left eye). www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHM1vWsDYGI

1997, "Journey to the Past", was my JAM and favorite video of all time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPaSQ5RTnrQ&feature=related

1998, Bunny (my daughter) was named after her.

1999, "Turn the Page"...had it on repeat, song still makes me cry.

2001, after seeing the "We Need a Resolution" video, I started wearing contacts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDEp__ZjYfI

08/25/01, My heart was broken.

The loss of one of my favorite artists changed the life of one of my favorite artists and I only have 2 favorite artists...get it?

"Everything changed for me around the time Aaliyah passed. I can’t explain it, but I felt as if it was supposed to be me in that plane. I was hurt when that girl died. The really strange part was that I was not that close to Aaliyah; I’d met her a few times, and I saw her a couple of weeks before the crash. I admired how beautiful she was, and I told Aaliyah I loved her. I just poured out my heart, and then she ends up dead. That really was heavy on my heart.

But Aaliyah didn’t die in vain because she saved me. Her death bothered me so much that I just started leaning closer to God, asking, Father, what do I need to do?" - Mary J. Blige


Please listen to some Aaliyah today with your volume on FULL BLAST!

Happy Birthday to my girl Aaliyah!! Rest in Peace!
Truth