Aaliyah Dana Haughton, the younger child of Diane and warehouse worker Michael “Miguel” Haughton, was born on January 16, 1979, in Brooklyn, New York. She came from an African American family.
Her name is an Arabic name that means “highest, most elevated one, the best” in the feminine form.
Who is Aaliyah husband R. Kelly?
R&B musician R. Kelly wed the late singer Aaliyah in an unauthorized union when she was 15 and he was 27.
The musician R. Kelly unlawfully wed the late singer Aaliyah when he was 27 and she was 15, according to a witness who testified on Monday, so she could have an abortion with his approval.
Robert Sylvester Kelly, an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and serial sex offender was born on January 8, 1967. He was found guilty of racketeering and several sex crimes.
Kelly was one of the best-selling musicians in the world and the most successful male R&B singer of the 1990s thanks to his over 75 million albums sold over his recording career. He was nominated for a Grammy for his song “You Are Not Alone,” which Michael Jackson covered and for which he won three for the song “I Believe I Can Fly.” While he referred to himself as the “Pied Piper of R&B,” critics named him “the King of R&B”.
