![]() ![]() The Aaliyah estate seems both upset by this deal and willing to go along with it. In fact, the estate purports that “virtually the entire remainder of her catalog, including many never released tracks, has been inexplicably withheld from the public by Blackground Records.” The legal team representing Aaliyah’s family refutes that her mother ever expressed a wish for her music to be withheld. Also, there are questions about whether the singer’s uncle’s claims hold any merit at all. Through a lawyer, the estate of Aaliyah commented for the same article, stating that they have “always been ready to share Aaliyah’s musical legacy,” but the firm has “been met with contention and a gross lack of transparency.” Problems with accounting and reporting have apparently been an issue between Blackground (aka Hankerson) and the remaining family. That explanation makes some sense, but it's not the truth, according to the mother and Aaliyah’s estate. According to him, “There was a conversation we had that she didn’t want the music out, and whatever my sister told me, I tried to do what she wanted.” That meant not finding a new distribution partner to reissue albums that went out of print, posting them to digital download sites, and certainly not going after the streaming market, which would pop up years after her death. In an interview with Billboard that details the forthcoming releases, Blackground Records co-founder Barry Hankerson stated Aaliyah’s music hasn’t been available for so long because his sister, who happens to be the star’s mother, didn’t want it to be. It’s a situation where two opposing sides seem to blame the other, and at the moment, there doesn't appear to be a way to identify who is telling the truth and who isn’t. Unfortunately, despite statements from those who worked at Aaliyah’s label and her own family, the answer doesn’t appear clear. This is a question that fans, and many in the music industry, have been asking for a long, long time. 10, while her compilations I Care 4 U and Ultimate Aaliyah are slated to hit store shelves and streaming sites on Oct. Meanwhile, her self-titled effort, released a month before her death, is coming on Sept. ![]() 20, according to her former record label’s Instagram. Now, all that is set to change, as her album One in a Million is slated to arrive on all major digital streaming platforms, Aug. ![]() The majority of her catalog is still missing from streaming platforms, which didn’t exist during her career, and it’s near-impossible to buy her last two CDs. While her impact continues to reverberate through the industry two decades after her death, Aaliyah’s music has been incredibly difficult to find. In fact, it’s hard to listen to any musician who incorporates pop and R&B into their work and not feel elements of the Grammy nominee, who managed to become one of the most influential stars of the field in a very short span of time. Since that fateful day in 2001, fans of Aaliyah have mourned her loss, and her impact on the music world is still felt to this day. from the Bahamas went down shortly after takeoff. After filming the music video for her single “Rock The Boat,” the plane that was supposed to take the singer and a number of others back to the U.S. It’s difficult to believe, but it has now been almost 20 years since Aaliyah died at the age of just 22. ![]()
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