where Romeo is Asian and Juliet is
African-American set it the mean
streets of Oakland, California. The
movie starred Aaliyah, Anthony
Anderson, Delroy Lindo, Isaiah
Washington, Jet Li, and Russell
Wong The movie debuted at #2 at
the box office earning eighteen million dollars in its opening weekend.
It later grossed ninety-one million
dollars worldwide.
In 2002, Aaliyah starred in
her second film “Queen of the
Damned”. The movie was the film
adaptation of the third novel of
Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles series, “The Queen of the
Damned”. However, the film’s plot
contains many plot elements from
the latter novel’s predecessor, The
Vampire Lestat. It starred Aaliyah,
Lena Olin, Marguerite Moreau, Paul
McGann, Stuart Townsend, and
Vincent Perez. The movie earned a
whopping forty-five million dollars
plane than the Cessna 404 in which
they had originally flown. As a
result, when the plane attempted to
depart, it was over its max takeoff
weight and carrying one extra passenger than allotted, subsequently
resulting in the plane crashing
shortly after takeoff taking the lives
of all on board.
I find the rainy weather fitting for
this the tenth anniversary of Aaliyah’s death as there are so many
mourning her loss and shedding
tears in her memory. I, however,
have made the choice to celebrate
her life and music so no tears over
here just many questions of “What
If…”
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Billboard Charts, selling 41k copies
in the first week. It would later go
on to sell four million copies in the
USA, where it was certified double
platinum by the Recording Industry
Association of America. “One in
a Million” has been labeled Aaliyah’s breakout album as well as a
major milestone in the careers of
Missy Elliot and Timbaland who
both wrote and produced the bulk
of the album. “One in a Million” is
currently out of print in the US!
In 2000, Aaliyah introduced
the world to another of her many
talents, acting. She appeared in
her first major film, “Romeo Must
Die” a modern day Romeo & Juliet
worldwide, despite poor reviews.
Aaliyah, along with Virgin and
Blackground Records, released her
third album, “Aaliyah” in 2001. It
featured several singles “We Need
a Resolution”, “Rock the Boat”,
“More Than a Woman”, and “I Care
4 U”. The album debuted at #2 on
the Billboard Charts, selling 190k
copies in its first week. This album,
like the two before it, was certified
double platinum. It is also out of
print in the US. This album set records that neither has nor may ever
be broken. Sadly, it would become
her final album.
On August 25, 2001, Aaliyah
along with eight others were killed
in an airplane crash in the Bahamas
after filming the video for her single
“Rock the Boat”. The plane, a twin
engine Cessna 402B, was a smaller
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