Aaliyah 's parent sue record label...

[princessbee21]

This is a really, really sad situation. I feel like the others who said that they usually don't feel too much when a celebrity dies, but for me this was a little different. It was so surreal. I just got finished watching her on Diary, and was thinking that she seemed like such a sweet and nice person to know...it seems that anyone that knew her was truly blessed....

[DreamfulOne]

For those interested
BET will be doing a tribute to Aaliyah at 6:00 and 11:00 EST

[TotallyBlessed]

"Charm can fool you, and beauty can trick you, but a woman who repects the Lord should be praised" Proverbs 31:30

I was watching Aaliyah's diary on MTV today and I thought of this scripture when Aaliyah stated that she had God to thank for all her happiness and Blessings. Aaliyah was a very talented young lady who will truely be missed. Her family and friends will continue to be in my prays.

[AKA2D '91]

I thought about Final Destination yesterday .

Just in from BET: It is reported that Aaliyah was not supposed to have been on that plane. Minutes before she was to leave, she changed plans. She chartered the Cessna instead.

You know early Sunday morning when the first posts here were made. It was questioned why there wasn't too much coverage. This morning on Tom Joyner, the crew said that the reason why there was little coverage was because the "mainstream" media didn't really know who she was OR how to pronounce her name. They said that the majority of OUR reporters were in Orlando for the NABJ (Nat'l Assoc. of Black Journalist) convention. Therefore, the very people who would have had the information ready to release to the public was not available.

[AKA2D '91]

Okay, did anyone see BET Tonight last night?

The show featured Aaliyah's friend/choreographer, Fatima who was in the Bahamas, her uncle/manager Barry Hankerson via phone and Angie Stone.

DMX read a poem via phone he wrote for her from him and his wife, then broke down and weeped. This guy, a BET producer, who was supposed to be on the plane that was filming background footage for BET was also present. It was something else.

The latest video was not on the plane. MTV said this morning that the record label doesn't know if it will be released. She has made 2 videos that haven't been released.




Oh, Fatima said that her mother, Diane was supposed to go on the trip, too. Instead, that guy Mr. Wallace, I think was his name went in her place.

[tickledpink]

I saw that. Also, did you see the guy that was supposed to be on the plane, but his itinerary was changed at the last minute by Gina?

I saw the diary that played yesterday, as well as both BET tributes. The thing that stands out is Aaliyah stating on several occasions how blessed she was, and how she thanked God everyday. Plus, the people that she touched were just like she was such a sweet spirit, sweet inside and out. I'm grateful that God allowed us to experience her.

[Dvus4ever]

FYI

Good morning ladies. I live in Dallas and have been following the information about the awful crash that claimed 9 lives. I did not know if any of you were aware, but one of those nine was one of your sorority members.

Dallas Morning News:
"Ms. Gina Nicolle Smith graduated in 1993 with a marketing degree from the University of Texas at Arlington, where she had joined the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. She was a 1989 honors graduate of Southwest High School in Fort Worth, where her activities included homemaking and the school chorus. "

Patiently learning
and
Learning patience

There is order in our lives. . .but the order is of God's will.

link to the article:
http://www.dallasnews.com/obituaries...obit_28ov.html

[sphinxpoet]

Any death is a sad one.........But let us celebrate her life and those that were on the plane with her.......then the healing can start from there.

Sphinxpoet

[Soulful Soror]

Well, here there's been some controversy over an ignant @$$ dj from Hot 97! Star from the morning show played some horrible sound effects of a woman screaming & a loud crash...trying to get a laugh (he says)??...about what??...Aaliyah's death??!!! I can't believe that the thought would even enter his mind, let alone he actually do THAT!!!??? Miss Jones walked out, apparently! What's wrong with him??? I hope that Timbaland, DMX, Jay-Z, Damon Dash, R Kelley, Ginuine, Magoo, Jet Li, & whoever else kicks his @$$ next time he goes to a hiphop function!!!


Anyways, I don't know if I'm alone in this, but several times since Sunday I've felt the urge to cry...however, I've fought those tears b/c of this nagging feeling that I don't have the right to cry...what is that? No, I didn't know her & no, she didn't know me...but, I just feel so blah...when I wake up, I feel that weight of "somebody died"....So, she WAS special indeed. Next time I get the urge, I'll let myself cry.

[PrettyPetite]

My local newspaper did an article on the pilot. Turns out it was his first official day on the job. It also seems as if he was another kind soul.

Here's the article: Click Me

[showstopper_1908]

Thank the lord I didn't hear that on Hot 97 because I would have seriosuly lost it. Most of my friends that were and still are big fans of hers did cry. I cried when I was in her chatroom and everyone was expressing how she touched each of them. I cried when I saw Back and Forth played on tv and it'll probably make me cry again. I don't know how or if Aaliyah has touched your life, but she has touched mine. Someone told me that I shouldn't cry over a celebrity, but for a political figure. Someone who works for us all. But Aaliyah died working for us. She was in that plane comming from a video shoot. Pleasing har fans, making us happy. She's been my fave since 1994 and I can honestly say that I would be a very different person if there was no Aaliyah. I will miss her forever. I can't speak on anyones experience, but I know that I had a right to cry. I had her poster on my wall that she autographed for me up since 1996, it hurt me too much to look at it everyday so I finally took it down. This hurt me very bad. My mother told me that many people were like this after Marvin Gaye's death, I didn't understand until now.

Originally posted by Soulful Soror
Well, here there's been some controversy over an ignant @$$ dj from Hot 97! Star from the morning show played some horrible sound effects of a woman screaming & a loud crash...trying to get a laugh (he says)??...about what??...Aaliyah's death??!!! I can't believe that the thought would even enter his mind, let alone he actually do THAT!!!??? Miss Jones walked out, apparently! What's wrong with him??? I hope that Timbaland, DMX, Jay-Z, Damon Dash, R Kelley, Ginuine, Magoo, Jet Li, & whoever else kicks his @$$ next time he goes to a hiphop function!!!


Anyways, I don't know if I'm alone in this, but several times since Sunday I've felt the urge to cry...however, I've fought those tears b/c of this nagging feeling that I don't have the right to cry...what is that? No, I didn't know her & no, she didn't know me...but, I just feel so blah...when I wake up, I feel that weight of "somebody died"....So, she WAS special indeed. Next time I get the urge, I'll let myself cry.

[showstopper_1908]

I hope this works.

http://www.petitiononline.com/starr/petition.html

[lil_sunshine]

For All We Know by Donny Hathaway


For all we know
We may never meet again
Before you go,
Make this moment sweet again
We won't say good night
Until the last minute
I'll hold out my hand
And my heart will be in it
For all we know
This may only be a dream
We come and we go
Like the ripples of a stream
So love me, love me tonight
Tomorrow was made for some
Tomorrow may never come
For all we know


This song is dedicated in loving memory to Aaliyah and her crew, all of the people who lost their lives in the World Trade Center and Pentagon tragedies, and to everyone at GC whose loved ones perished throughout the course of their lives, including me.

[AKA2D '91]

and plane company for negligence and recklessness, according to news reports.