The marriage was annulled after a year and Aaliyah and her parents signed a later uncovered non-disclosure agreement. , / I Am The Secret Daughter Of Aaliyah & R Kelly. 00:52. Kelly, who was twenty-seven, and living in Chicago, where the age of consent was seventeen, was worried about being charged with statutory rape, and he immediately flew home. It had been held back because of her familys grief and complications between record labels over rights to her records. He then oversaw the second most successful period of Kellys career, until late 2013, when he sued the star in a financial dispute. When Hankerson met Kelly, he was a well-known figure in the entertainment business. 00:52. Kelly is still facing another sexual misconduct case in Minnesota. Under Hankersons management, Kelly made some of his biggest hits, including Bump n Grind, I Believe I Can Fly, and Im Your Angel (a duet with Cline Dion). Hankerson has promised that more music is coming, including previously unreleased tracks, to the delight of Aaliyahs passionate fans, many of whom were born after her death, and whove primarily heard her music via unauthorized YouTube posts or illegal downloads. Prosecutors asked Judge Harry Leinenweber to sentence Kelly to an additional 25 years which he is not to begin until he finished his existing 30-year sentence. And she was someone who set the tone for every form of popular music that were listening to today.. The idea was to keep Aaliyah from talking, and to keep him out of jail if anyone found out about his sexual contact with her, Cruz Melendez said. Prosecutors in R. Kellys trial claim he bribed a Chicago official to forge documents, with the marriage certificate stating Aaliyahs age as 18. Aaliyah married R Kelly when she was just 15-years-old. I really found out I wasnt a hardcore criminal. R Kelly has finally admitted to having underage sexual contact with the late R&B singer Aaliyah. Offers may be subject to change without notice. R. Kelly dodged an effective life sentence Thursday when a Chicago judge tacked on just one extra year to his 30-year punishment behind bars. In the recent Netflix documentary Surviving R. Kelly, his former assistant Demetrius Smith admitted helping forge marriage documents and revealed the 15-year-old singer had believed she was pregnant. Even before her relationship with Kelly embroiled her in scandal, the girl with a powerful voice seemed to have the world at her feet. NEW YORK R&B singer R. Kelly infamously married Aaliyah Haughton when she was 15 years old in 1994 and a dark motivation for the marriage was alleged in a federal court on Monday. She said she began having sex with Mr Kelly in 1991, when she was still at school. The inscription Baby girl appears on Aaliyahs crypt in Ferncliff Cemetery, in Hartsdale, New York. The report further claimed that Kelly and Aaliyah had married on 31 August 1994, with Aaliyah declaring herself 18 years old on the pairs marriage certificate. R. 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[alias] => 2023-02-27-12-42-06 28 Feb 2023 23:30:52 Now we can hear the album she really worked hard to put out, with the help of producers who were willing to help her when people were closing doors on her.. Angela, however, is the first person to tell jurors that she had seen the pair engaged in sexual acts. There were widespread rumours that R. Kelly had gotten Aaliyah pregnant when he married her in 1994. Oh man, Rob was all I could say at the time. string(15) "http://grc.net/" Author Kathy adds: Everyone looked at her like she did something wrong, when in fact youre talking about a serial abuser who has a very significant and specific pattern. Hed managed the Winans, a popular gospel quartet, and had produced and appeared in a film with Gladys Knight, his ex-wife. Hankerson, Aaliyahs uncle, ran her record company, Blackground Records. Despite there being NO photos of Aaliyah looking pregnant at anytime before her death, shes adamant the Rock The Boat singer is her mother. It was wrong, Demetrius Smith, Kellys former tour manager, What's he waiting for? But Aaliyah has an incredible legacy. In 1994, at the age of 15, Aaliyah catapulted onto the R&B charts herself with her debut album, Age Ain't Nothing But a Number. Aaliyah got an abortion and never had the baby. His efforts are paying off: this past Tuesday, Aaliyahs second album, One in a Million, reached No. Aaliyah also modelled for Tommy Hilfiger. Aaliyah cut all contact with him, but the relationship continued to haunt her. And I just wanted to tell my truth and my mothers truth because I feel like its time and its needed. She goes on to say shes had to keep her identity secret for years because of the industry. She then claims shes an extension of her mother, Aaliyah Haughton. This was just one of the many degrading rumors that came with the news of her being married to R Kelly in 1994. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Hankerson has never commented on the record about that split, but, when I asked him about it in 2002, he authorized his attorney to confirm the substance of his resignation note. Kathy says that while showbiz circles painted the union as happy, Aaliyah was a victim of grooming and legalised child abuse. Kelly has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him. On August 25, after filming the video for her track Rock The Boat in the Bahamas, Aaliyah and representatives of her record company arrived at Marsh Harbour Airport to fly to Florida. It's not like Aaliyah the superstar, the celebrity. But the world looked on in shock when Kelly and the teenager, The plane crashed shortly after take-off, killing Aaliyah and eight others on board. Aaliyah insisted they were best friends and on August 31, 1994, the pair wed illegally and without the knowledge of her parents. , "" , But its the teen-age angst of the bands early work that still inspires. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Singer Aaliyah (born Aaliyah Dana Haughton) not only revolutionized R&B music in the 90s with her fresh sound, but she also left her mark in the fashion world. (It had stalled at No. A Brooklyn federal court convicted Kelly of nine counts of sex trafficking and racketeering in September 2021, and he was sentenced to 30 years in prison. [checked_out_time] => 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Kelly would not address in his latest interview whether he was guilty or innocent in the case, saying his lawyers advised him not to have those kind of conversations, but said that when a person is found not guilty, theyre found not guilty.. WebShe looks like her father is Charlemagne tha God.. We know good and damn well Aaliyah and R. Kelly would at least have attractive children. Kathy says: She was signed up to do two Matrix films, had been looking to collaborate with Trent Reznor on a rock album and was about to release a clothing and accessory line called Dolly Pop. Video, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story, falsified documents so the pair could be married, Ed Sheeran says wife developed tumour in pregnancy, Daily walk prevents one in 10 early deaths - study, Survivors describe 'nightmarish seconds' as trains crashed, Trump lashes out at Murdoch over vote fraud case, Finland starts construction of Russia border fence, Uranium particles enriched to 83.7% found in Iran, Chinese factories boom while Japan's are in reverse, LA agrees to pay Kobe Bryant widow almost $29m. Nor will we know just how famous the talented young singer - known as the Princess of R&B who was about to take Hollywood by storm - would be today. He said it was the only way to end her pregnancy without her parents' consent, according to the woman. R. Kelly dodged an effective life sentence Thursday when a Chicago judge tacked on just one extra year to his 30-year punishment behind bars. In a statement to The Independent, Thomas A Farinella, one of the lawyers defending Kelly, wrote: The defence does concede that Mr Kelly had underage sexual contact with Jane Doe #1.. (The two were married on Aug. 31, 1994. Hankerson rarely speaks about what happened between Kelly and Aaliyah, and he has never spoken about it in detail. [content_id] => 6483 R Kelly arrives in court in 2019, and the late Aaliyah in 2001. She was a talented singer, and people thought that she could make it far in the industry, so the defendant began to produce and write music for Aaliyah when she was still a child. R Kelly has finally admitted to having underage sexual contact with the late R&B singer Aaliyah. Although it was suspected that Aaliyah was pregnant when she married R Kelly in 1994, the rumors have never been confirmed. Aaliyah died in a plane crash in 2001.) Kelly, of course, tried to cover it up as it's illegal for an adult to have sex with a 15-year-old in Michigan, where Aaliyah grew up. Were close and people took it the wrong way.. Nicknamed the "Princess of R&B," her trademark baggy pants and oversized shirt reminded women that you dont always have to wear a dress to look good. [introtext] => ::cck::6319::/cck:: array(1) { The claims Aaliyah fell pregnant with Kelly's child at 15 emerged in a 2011 book titled The Man Behind the Man: Looking from the Inside out. }, , - , , , , Blessed with raw talent, looks and charisma, most observers were predicting that Aaliyahs fame would quickly go stratospheric. [content_asset_id] => 15313 A former live-in girlfriend to R. Kelly testified that the singer told her and other women he was having sex with that he married R&B star Aaliyah when she was just 15 so that she could get an abortion. The same topics that prompted him to walk out of a live interview with the Huffington Post last month. You know, Im a Muslim, I went to Minister Farrakhan, and we just prayed about it and just resolved ourselves to let God handle him. To revisit this article, select My Account, thenView saved stories, To revisit this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. if(typeof ez_ad_units != 'undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[728,90],'allhiphop_com-box-3','ezslot_3',867,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-allhiphop_com-box-3-0');On Tuesday (February 7), a woman claiming to be the secret daughter of Aaliyah and R. Kelly posted a video online telling her truth (or so she says). Her life was cut tragically short in 2001 when she was killed in a plane crash. }. Aaliyah was a promising new R&B singer when, aged just 12, she first met the world-famous rapper. Allegedly Aaliyah was said to have been pregnant by R. Kelly ahead of their marriage ceremony. Prosecutors claim that Kelly was having sexual contact with Aaliyah and may have impregnated her while she was a minor; he then illegally married her. I asked him, and he did not reply. The Killing of Tyre Nichols and the Issue of Race. string(1) "2" In the letter, he recommended that Kelly seek psychiatric help for a compulsion to pursue underage girls. He says: Robert told me he thought Aaliyah was pregnant. Smith testified that Kelly's other managers organized the wedding to "protect" both Kelly and Aaliyah. Her testimony also makes Aaliyah the youngest woman Mr Kelly is accused of abusing. Demetrius Smith was forced to take the stand Friday after he attempted to assert his Fifth Amendment right not to self-incriminate. [category_id] => 4625 The former dancer said she never mentioned the incident to Mr Kelly again. Of course I was upset, Hankerson recalled, and of course I have to really, really consider what my reactions would be. When Is the Chicago Runoff Election? 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