More Than A Woman: Remembering Aaliyah On The 20th Anniversary Of Her Death

The tragic and sudden death of R&B superstar Aaliyah on August 25, 2001, remains one of the most devastating tragedies in the history of music and pop culture. Only weeks after the release of Aaliyah, the self-titled third studio album, and a final television appearance on BET’s 106 & Park, four days before boarding the twin-engine Cessna plane that crashed shortly after take-off at Marsh Harbour Airport in Abaco, Bahamas, killing all nine people on board, the beloved singer and budding actress was on a meteoric rise.

Now, twenty-years later, family, friends, and fans continue to grieve the loss of an artist whose cultural impact in her short seven years as a mainstay on the R&B charts…