Background:

On August 25, 2001, the R&B community was shocked by a plane crash that caused the death of bright and rising R&B star, Aaliyah. Aaliyah and seven other passengers were killed instantly with a ninth passenger passing away later at a Nassau hospital. It was a small twin-engine Cessna plane, which was bringing a team to film Aaliyah's video "Rock The Boat" to the Bahamas, that was involved in the disaster. The over-loaded plane crashed shortly after takeoff, exploding on impact.

It was obvious that the R&B community reacted with shock and sorrow. Aaliyah, with a voice often compared to Toni Braxton and Janet Jackson, was a talented singer. Eerie as it seems, just a month prior to the crash, Aaliyah t ..[Full version]