666 Watch: Aaliyah (1979-2001)
I'm well aware that the young R&B songstress Aaliyah left the mortal plane over two decades ago. More specifically, she died in 2001 at the too-soon age of 22. But in the entertainment field and the music industry especially, it can take people an indefinite amount of time to move on from an unexpected death. Aaliyah was also one of, if not the first (and only?) pure-R&B singer to fully break into Hollywood , i.e. the mainstream movie industry. It's somewhat common for rappers to successfully take up acting, but not so much R&B singers. A musician being featured in a movie is one thing. But actually starring in one that's mainstream denotes that said individual has actual acting talent and is not there just because of their celebrity. And so it was with Aaliyah. It isn't unrealistic to speculate that if she had lived on, her all-around career would have at least been on par with what Jennifer Lopez has become. THE "QUEEN OF TH...