R. Kelly is still trying to get out of jail, and this time he says he won’t get in any trouble because there’s no way for him to contact his accusers, including late singer Aaliyah. Kelly’s legal team has been trying to get their client out of jail, and their …
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Prosecutors Claim R.Kelly Is Breaking Rules In Jail And Reveal He Only Married Aaliyah To Protect Himself In Court
Prosecutors are accusing infamous singer R. Kelly of violating the rules while locked up and attempting to secretly communicate with people without it being monitored by officials. According to court documents obtained by @Blast, prosecutors are firing back at Kelly’s legal team for a motion they recently filed in his …
Read More »Damon Dash Talks About Aaliyah In “Surviving R. Kelly Part II: The Reckoning,” Claims She Wanted To Keep Kelly “The F**k Away”
Damon Dash talked about Aaliyah’s mindset after the annulment of her controversial marriage to R. Kelly back in 1994 in the soon to be released follow up installment of Lifetime’s docuseries about the infamous singer. According to TMZ, in the clip of Dash’s interview, the former music mogul reveals that …
Read More »R. Kelly Pleads Not Guilty, Denies Obtaining Fake ID to Marry 15-year-old Aaliyah
Disgraced ex-king of R&B, R. Kelly, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday in a federal indictment against him out of the Eastern District of New York. Prosecutors have now included an allegation of bribery in addition to his racketeering case, pertaining to Kelly purchasing a fake ID for Aaliyah in 1994. …
Read More »R. Kelly’s Former Tour Manager Set to Testify About R. Kelly’s Marriage to Aaliyah, But He Doesn’t Want Him To Go To Jail: ”I Think We Should Help Him More so Than Hurt Him”
As if things could not get any worse for R. Kelly, now his former tour manager is set to testify against the embattled R&B hitmaker. Demetrius Smith, the former tour manager who spent time on the road with Kelly in the 90s, will testify that he was the one who …
Read More »R. Kelly Charged For Using Bribes to Marry Aaliyah at Age 15
Disgraced singer R. Kelly is facing bribery charges related to his 1994 marriage to the late singer Aaliyah. According to The NY Times, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn accused Kelly on Thursday of bribing an Illinois government employee back in 1994 in order to obtain a fake ID for Aaliyah, so …
Read More »Aaliyah Wax Figure To Be Unveiled At Madame Tussauds Las Vegas
The late “Princess of Hip Hop/R&B” Aaliyah will be unveiled as a wax figure added to the collection at Madame Tussauds Las Vegas on August 21st, just days before the 18th anniversary of her tragic passing. The wax sculpture has been highly-requested by fans of the singer for many years since her death …
Read More »Dame Dash Says He Was Only In R. Kelly’s ‘Fiesta’ Video Because Aaliyah Asked Him To
Dame Dash is adamant about not being involved in any way with R.Kelly and in his continued effort to prove his case, he addressed the reason behind his appearance in Kelly’s ‘Fiesta’ music video and said it was all for Aaliyah. After the #RocAFella co-founder told #NickCannon that he wanted nothing …
Read More »R.Kelly’s Attorney Confirms Singer’s Marriage to Aaliyah, Claims Kelly Didn’t Know She Was 15-Years-Old Because She Lied About Her Age
Almost immediately after Lifetime premiered the docuseries ‘Surviving R. Kelly,” R. Kelly’s attorney spoke to ABC News to address the abuse accusations against the artist. “We know what happened, and we know those things didn’t happen,” the attorney, Steven Greenberg, stated in a pre-taped interview that aired on Friday’s episode of ’Good …
Read More »Dame Dash Talks Roc-A-Fella Records, Jay-Z’s Relationship With R. Kelly And The Signing Of Young Foxy Brown, Admits Aaliyah Was Raped By Kelly
The “Surviving R. Kelly” docuseries has given us just as many shocking plot twists as the actual source. The latest comes from former Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder, Dame Dash and his discussion with Nick Cannon on his new podcast “Cannon’s Class.” In the interview, Dame continued to proclaim his disdain for …
Read More »”Gone But Not Forgotten:” Remembering Aaliyah ”Babygirl” Haughton 17 Years Later
Aaliyah was one in a million. It’s been 17 long years since the tragic passing of young pop icon, Aaliyah, following a 2001 plane crash that claimed the singer’s life, along with eight others. Though Aaliyah is no longer with us, her influence lives on. A trailer blazer of the …
Read More »Ballerific Beauty: MAC Cosmetics Announces Aaliyah Collection
Well, it looks like MAC Cosmetics has done it again with a highly anticipated collection. Last year, MAC announced their Selena Quintanilla-Pérez collection after thousands of fans signed a petition. The Aaliyah collection is going to be one of the most talked about collaborations since the sold out Selena and Marilyn Monroe Collection. …
Read More »Dame Dash Opens Up About Aaliyah, Says If He Was There She Wouldn’t Have Gotten On The Plane
There’s no doubt that the death of Aaliyah effected many lives, namely the life of her fiance at the time, Damon Dash. Dash has been really open in the past about how Aaliyah’s death changed him for the worst. On an episode of Family Therapy, he says the death of …
Read More »Birthday Ballers: 20 Amazingly Dope Aaliyah Samples You’ve Probably Never Heard
On this day, January 16, we would like to send a very special Happy Birthday shout out to the late Aaliyah Haughton, on what would have been her 37th birthday. To celebrate, we’ve compiled a list of 20 songs that sampled Aaliyah. Some songs you know, some songs you don’t …
Read More »Did T-Pain Diss Aaliyah After Being Criticized For Using Her Vocals In A Song? (Video)
Let it be a lesson learned that you should watch your mouth when referring to Aaliyah, at least a lesson learned for T-Pain. Over the weekend T-Pain held a listening session for his latest project where he debuted a new song that featured vocals from an unreleased Aaliyah track titled …
Read More »Wendy Williams Responds To Aaliyah Movie Backlash
Many anxiously awaited the moment Wendy Williams would speak on the train wreck of a biopic Wendy Williams and the Lifetime network aired on Saturday. Like we expected, Wendy did respond. “I see my Aaliyah movie broke the Internet this weekend! Errbody got an opinion. Well, I must tell you, …
Read More »Nickelodeon Star Alexandra Shipp Replaces Zendaya In Aaliyah Film Exec Produced By Wendy Williams
Earlier this month Disney star Zendaya Coleman backed out of the Lifetime movie based on the life of late R&B singer, Aaliyah. Initially production on the film had to be halted but today it has been announced that a new star has been chosen to portray the role. Alexandra Shipp, …
Read More »Zendaya Coleman Drops Out of Aaliyah Biopic
Earlier this month Zendaya Coleman was casted to play Aaliyah in the upcoming Lifetime biopic that was scheduled to release this Fall (click here is you missed it). Though the actress was very honored for her upcoming role, seems things have changed. Following a petition, criticism about her not being “black enough” or …
Read More »Zendaya Coleman Opens Up About Playing The Role Of Aaliyah “She’s My Inspiration”
As we previously reported, 17 year old Zendaya Coleman has been cast to play Aaliyah in an upcoming biopic coming this Fall to the Lifetime Network. Though many have their opinion as to whether or not Zendaya can make it happen, she remains both confident and grateful. “I’m just a …
Read More »Drake & His Aaliyah Tattoo Get Into A Scuffle With UK Security
You can call Drake a lot of things. Softy. Nerdy. Dangerous, though….ehhhhhh. Last week, while in London at the Funky Buddha Nightclub, Drake and his entourage got into a bit of a scuffle with security before being allowed to be let in the club. Drake made many threatening faces, but …
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