Oct 6, 2021 · According to various reports, Aaliyah and Kelly's working relationship — which the former had described as "fun" and "really close" — had not only turned romantic, but the pair had actually...

At the age of 12, Aaliyah signed with Jive Records and her uncle Barry Hankerson 's Blackground Records. Hankerson introduced her to R. Kelly, who became her mentor, as well as lead songwriter …

Aug 25, 2025 · Aaliyah was only 22 when she was killed in a 2001 plane crash, but the "Try Again" singer's star power and long list of accomplishments belied her age.

Feb 13, 2025 · R. Kelly’s latest appeal to overturn his New York sex trafficking and racketeering conviction has been denied.

Sep 14, 2021 · R. Kelly sexually abused the late R&B singer Aaliyah when she was 13 or 14 years old, one of his former backing dancers has told a court. The woman, who testified under the name …

Dec 14, 2024 · Brooklyn-born singer Aaliyah Dana Haughton, who transformed the genre in the 1990s with her second album One in a Million (1996), illegally wed sex trafficker R Kelly at the tender age of …

Nov 16, 2024 · R Kelly began defiling Aaliyah during her first recording sessions and their interaction was rooted in intimate grooming and latent sexual violence. He regularly battered her, while …

Jan 4, 2023 · The final two installments of Lifetime’s Surviving R. Kelly docuseries series ended with a pair of bombshell revelations about the imprisoned singer’s controversial marriage to a then-underage...

Sep 13, 2021 · A former backup performer for R. Kelly testified that she saw Mr. Kelly engaging in a sex act with the R&B singer Aaliyah around 1993, when Aaliyah was only 13 or 14 years old.

Jan 4, 2023 · R. Kelly silenced Aaliyah and her family through a non-disclosure agreement, following his marriage and subsequent annulment to the then 15-year-old singer. The new allegations were made …